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Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business told council on Tuesday that a survey conducted by the federation revealed Hornby Street business owners feared an average photo Dan Toulgoet loss of 23 per cent in sales when the lane is open to cyclists. “That’s a big hit for a small business,” Jones said.

Former NPA city councillor Gordon Price calls decision “extraordinarily powerful”

Work on Hornby bike lane underway Mike Howell Staff writer

H

ornby Street will never look the same.

At least, that is, for six months.

That’s the length of a trial city council approved Tuesday to see if adding a separated bike lane on the busy downtown street will work for cyclists, motorists and businesses.

The lane is the last link in the chain of a downtown bicycle network that will allow a cyclist to ride both ways from Chinatown to Kitsilano along a path protected by barriers such as planters.

The Dunsmuir viaduct, Dunsmuir Street and the Burrard Bridge already have separated bike lanes. The Hornby link will also extend to seawalls on the north and south ends of the 12-block street.

Total cost for the network is estimated at $5 million; the city’s annual budget for transportation-related projects such as roads is $125 million.

When city council unanimously approved the Hornby lane shortly before midnight Tuesday, many spectators remaining in the gallery erupted in applause. The next day, however, NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton said she was going to rescind her vote. She argued work on the lane started before the vote was taken. (See story p.12.)

Nonetheless, the significance of the moment was not lost on former NPA councillor Gordon Price, one of the last of the 25 speakers to address council, who provided historical context to the move.

After the council of the day in the 1970s quashed a proposal to run a freeway through downtown, Price

said every council thereafter supported a new direction in transportation policy that promoted cycling, walking and transit.

“It’s a click moment,” he told council as he stood at the lectern in the chambers. “There are times in the growth of the city when networks begin to fill in, when connections are made, when the infrastructure gets to a certain point where things just go…” He snapped his fingers. “…click.”

The commuter cyclist recalled that people couldn’t walk or cycle around Stanley Park until the seawall was completed in the early 1970s. Then an extension of the seawall was made to Granville Island.

“They are magical moments and they are extraordinarily powerful,” said Price, who served 15 years on council and is now the director of the

city program at Simon Fraser University. “It changes how people perceive space, how they move.”

Price was among the majority of speakers Tuesday who supported the ruling Vision Vancouver council’s desire to implement the separated lane on Hornby Street.

Council’s vote was based on a report by the city’s director of transportation, Jerry Dobrovolny, who outlined the importance of increasing alternate transportation modes other than the vehicle.

Since the city’s 1997 transportation plan, when Price was on council, total trips by bikes, pedestrians, cars and transit increased by 23 per cent. The city also saw a 10 per cent decrease in cars entering the city, with a seven per cent drop in vehicles visiting downtown. The addition of the Canada Line in 2009

has seen even bigger increases in transit growth.

“It wasn’t a policy to reduce the number of cars, but as we made the alternatives attractive, and as we provided capacity and support for the sustainable alternatives of cycling, walking and transit, we also saw there was a shift in modes,” Dobrovolny said. “I’m not aware of any other city in North America that’s had a reduction in the number of cars and the tremendous growth in [pedestrian, cycling and transit] trips that have taken place that’s happened in Vancouver.”

But, he acknowledged, the city has no choice but to promote transportation options such as cycling because there is no more road space—unless sidewalks are taken out.

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Separated bike lanes now a ‘best practice’ in New York, Montreal and Copenhagen

Continued from page 4 “We’re a fully developed urban area,” he told council.

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he separated bike lanes on the Burrard Bridge, Dunsmuir viaduct and Dunsmuir Street have already shown an increasing number of people are choosing a bicycle as their means of transportation.

Cycling trips along Dunsmuir increased from 500 before the route opened in June to an average of 2,000 per day in the summer. In July, the Burrard Bridge recorded its millionth bicycle trip a few days prior to the one-year anniversary of the separated lanes being installed on the span.

The Burrard lane is no longer a trial, with council recently approving $2 million worth of design work to build permanent cycling paths with barriers on the bridge.

For Dobrovolny, the addition of the separated lane on Hornby isn’t so much to provide safer routes for the experienced cyclist. Rather, he said, it’s to attract people who want to ride but don’t feel comfortable in traffic.

Pointing to a study from the Portland Office of Transportation, which found that 60 per cent of people polled fell into this category, Dobrovolny said that group is

the city’s target market. “What do we need to do to make cycling an attractive option for that 60 per cent? We feel the answer is separated bike lanes. Separated bike lanes feel safer. They provide a clear barrier between the cyclists and the motor vehicles.”

Separated bike lanes, he said, are now a “best practice” in cities around the world, including New York, Montreal and Copenhagen, which has one of the highest number of cyclists on the planet.

Pernille Herzberg, originally of Copenhagen, moved to Vancouver six weeks ago. She spoke to council Tuesday night and predicted “a revolution of transportation in downtown” once biking is made safe and convenient.

Herzberg said reducing dependency on vehicles makes the city centre more accessible for everybody, including motorists. The shift also reduces the need for parking, a sore point with some business owners on Hornby who will lose 158 metered parking spots on the street.

“In Copenhagen, nobody questions the advantages and positive effects of the bike [network] any longer,” said Herzberg, noting the two cities have similar climates.

“Our biggest concern is ironically the space for parking our bikes. I

Director of transportation Jerry Dobrovolny told council staff worked with photo Dan Toulgoet Hornby businesses to address most of their concerns. therefore suggest you in Vancouver consider this issue from the very beginning. This will make your bike dreams come true even faster.”

While that may be the Copenhagen experience, not all local business leaders are ready to embrace a separated bike lane on Hornby. The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Asso-

ciation and the Vancouver Board of Trade panned the plan, accusing the city of a lack of consultation and not measuring potential economic impacts to businesses.

Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business told council that a survey conducted by the federation revealed Hornby Street business owners feared an average loss of

23 per cent in sales when the lane is open to cyclists.

“That’s a big hit for a small business,” Jones said. “And as you put your hand up [to vote], I’m sure you will tell yourselves that we are wrong. But the last thing I want you to think about as you put your hand up to vote is—what if we’re right?”

Jones said Hornby business owners support bike lanes, such as the existing painted lane on the street, but wanted more consultation on options, including ways of maintaining parking.

The city has said 160 parking spots will be added to Howe and Seymour streets in the same corridor. As well, there are more than 10,000 parking spots in parkades along the corridor.

Vision Vancouver councillors Geoff Meggs and Raymond Louie challenged Jones on the 23 per cent figure and questioned why she couldn’t provide evidence of what effect separated bike lanes had on businesses in other cities such as Montreal.

Jones replied the 23 per cent figure was an opinion of business owners the same way it was the opinion of council that more cyclists are expected to use a separated lane on Hornby.

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Bike lane expected to open next month for six-month trial

Continued from page 5 Louie recalled how a previous debate over removing vehicle traffic from the Granville Mall upset business owners. After the 2010 Winter Olympics demonstrated the popularity of the mall for pedestrians, Louie said business owners now want the area “pedestrianized.”

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eff Martin owns DIPT, a clothing and footwear store at 819 Hornby St., between Robson and Smithe streets. Martin said he draws customers from all over the Lower Mainland, many of whom like to park outside his store.

“It’s a fact that people look for spots close to the business they’re going to,” he said, noting very few cyclists shop at his store. “And eliminating this parking on Hornby will eliminate impulse stop-and-shop customers, which makes up a fair percentage of my business.”

The economic recession has already made it tough for small business owners, who pay enough in taxes, he added.

“So in essence, you’re asking us business people to pay for something that will reduce our business. Even if you decide that this [lane] isn’t going to work and you do take it out—which I question whether that would happen—the damage could have already been done to a lot of the businesses in that trial period.”

Dobrovolny told council that he and his staff have worked with Hornby businesses to address concerns, hosted two open houses, mailed out 4,000 brochures on the plan and received online feedback.

City staff will also hire an outside firm to conduct business impact studies on businesses along Dunsmuir and Hornby as part of each trial. Dobro-

“IN COPENHAGEN, NOBODY QUESTIONS THE ADVANTAGES AND POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE BIKE [NETWORK] ANY LONGER. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS IRONICALLY THE SPACE FOR PARKING OUR BIKES.” Pernille Herzberg

volny suspects the studies will look at impacts to businesses in other cities that have the lanes.

When Vision Vancouver Coun.

Andrea Reimer asked Dobrovolny if more consultation was needed with businesses, she remarked his shoulders slumped before he answered the question.

“I know that we’ve spent a tremendous amount of staff time with businesses along the corridor in one-onone meetings, looking specifically at their needs,” he said.

“I feel that staff has addressed those specific needs along the corridor as best as is possible. It doesn’t meet all of the needs of all of the businesses, but I feel that it’s come pretty close in most of those cases. At the end of the day, there are tradeoffs that are required.”

Although not surprising, others who lined up to support the Hornby lane included Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, representatives of council’s bicycle advisory committee and the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, which has linked with 70 businesses in Metro Vancouver that support cycling infrastructure improvements.

Robert Safrata, who operates courier company Novex Delivery Solutions and West Coast Sightseeing, is one of the 70 businesses on the list.

He provided council with another list of 62 names of Vancouver businesses and residents that support the Hornby lane.

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Novex’s fleet includes gasolineelectric hybrids, natural gas vans and biodiesel freight vehicles. Safrata said his drivers regularly use Hornby Street.

“I’ve asked our staff what their thoughts are, and to summarize very briefly they have said more cyclists will relieve congestion,” said Safrata, adding that a separated lane will be safer and better for the environment.

Dobrovolny and his engineering staff chose Hornby Street as the preferred linkage to Dunsmuir and the Burrard Bridge because it has medium volumes of traffic, existing bike traffic, one transit stop south of Pacific Street and it is not a designated truck route.

Meggs predicted the Hornby link will increase bicycle ridership.

“One thing that is important to remember is that no one is going to be forced to ride a bicycle downtown,” he said in his closing remarks. “But if we make the right decisions and go about implementation the correct way, no one will be forced to drive a car in the future, either.”

The separated lane on Hornby is expected to open next month.

Council will decide six months later whether the $3.2 million experiment was worth it. A report on Dunsmuir is expected sooner.

So far, the city’s engineering department hasn’t come up with a dollar figure on how much it would cost to dismantle the lanes. mhowell@vancourier.com

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Storage facility for homeless at risk of closing Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

Cheyenne Harvey, 26, likes to look and smell good. So she values keeping her lotions, clothes and shampoo in the storage facility at First United Church.

Harvey, who found housing at Sereena’s House for Women two months ago, was homeless for a year and slept in the church on the corner of East Hastings and Gore.

“It meant that I had a home, it felt like it,” she said Wednesday.

“It’s free. And you get to sleep close to [the storage facility], change in the morning with it, shower here in the morning with new clothes. We don’t have to leave something hidden in an alley, under a bush and then someone steals it. That’s usually what people do.”

Last month, an average of 280 people used the storage space each day, says Don Evans, director of finance and fund development for the church. It’s the largest storage facility of its kind in Vancouver.

But funding for the year-old storage facility runs out Oct. 20.

The city provided construction and operating funds from $10 million it received from the provin-

Cheyenne Harvey stores her clothes, shampoo and other items at the storage facility at First United Church. “We don’t have to leave something hidden in an alley, under a bush and then someone steals it.” photo Dan Toulgoet cial government for B.C.’s 150th anniversary. The city says it now has no more money available to keep the program going.

Evans says the church needs $98,000 a year to run the facility, including paying for supplies, cleaning and pest control and providing jobs for seven Downtown

Eastside residents. It’s open every day from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., excluding lunch and dinner.

Evans has received $35,000 to continue the storage service from three local foundations. The facility is a top contender to win a $25,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project under the $25,000

food and shelter category. If First United wins the grant, it will still need to raise another $38,000.

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“I don’t know what I would do if I lost this place, if I stayed here,” said Marsden, who hopes to return to Winnipeg this weekend.

Staff were busy Wednesday morning checking names against numbers on bins, luggage and shopping carts full of bedding, clothes and extra shoes. They accepted and gave out goods. Users must check in daily and let staff know if they’ve gone to detox or jail. The facility is open to anyone who needs it. Two hundred and fifty people sleep each night at the church and another 100 during the day.

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Last week’s poll question: What should the city do with the empty suites at Olympic Village?

A) ignore the province and go on its own to find an operator: 29 per cent B) sell them and use the money to build social housing elsewhere: 43 per cent C) turn them into well-appointed chicken hutches: 28 per cent This is not a scientific poll.

There’s no stopping Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision majority. Editorialists may bitch and developers may complain, but the city’s plans to populate those 252 Olympic Village housing units they own with a mixture of market and subsidized tenants is moving ahead. In fact, city manager Penny Ballem has confirmed they are in the process of cutting a deal with one of the three bidders who offered to manage various parts of that project; those would be the same three bidders that B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman turned down flat even before staff had the opportunity to complete the process.

As far as I can figure out, the only bidder that has been told their proposal is still in play at this point is the Co-op Housing Federation. Others may be added to the mix as the city gives up hope of provincial involvement and goes it alone.

But opponents of the prospects of social housing at the Village are turning up the volume; none more so than former NPA candidate and developer Michael Geller.

He has become a one-person crusade in his attempt to block social housing at this project and it isn’t the first time he’s done this. In the early ’90s, he convinced the city to set aside its policy of 20 per cent social housing at the very expensive Bayshore development.

Now he’s launching dire warnings about the economic impact of getting the wrong kind of people in your neighbourhood.

Here is how he explains it.

The population, he says, can be divided into five groups on a social and economic basis. It is a model, he tells me, that comes from his

allengarr days working at CMHC. There are As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Es. The As may be quite happy living next to Bs and Cs but if you put them next to Ds and Es, you’re just looking for trouble. The wrong kind of people will wreak havoc on the prospects for selling those high end condos.

I mean, you may not mind a D or an E mowing your lawn, but if you are an A would you want an E or a D living down the block, sharing the same coffee shop or pushing a cart around the same supermarket?

Geller is convinced that those Ds and Es won’t simply be poor. If, as he suspects but I highly doubt, the Portland Hotel Society gets a piece of the management action they’ll fill the space with their mentally ill and drug addicted clientele. And that would cause potential high-end A property buyers to disappear faster than a dime flap of heroin in front of the Carnegie Centre.

Geller’s solution: Sell the 252 units then take the profits and build social housing elsewhere on cheaper land. The problem is that profits would be negligible at best. The city’s portion of the project was budgeted at $65 million; it came in under a cost-plus contract at $110 million. Besides that, if you put those units up for sale (after upgrading them to entice buyers) you’ll flood an already over-supplied market.

That will further reduce the city’s chance of recovering their investment through sales of the rest of the project.

But never mind that. Once those 252 units are sold we won’t have the discomfort of all those As, Bs and Cs having to bump into Ds and Es as they make their way to pilates class at the community centre.

Fortunately Geller is going to lose this argument. The city is convinced it is socially and economically better to stay the course. For decades now, Vancouver has encouraged mixed neighbourhoods partly because they make healthier communities and partly because everyone has the right to live in the city even if they are Ds and Es. ••• Broadcaster and historian Chuck Davis was unable to attend the ceremony at city hall Tuesday to celebrate his contribution to the city. A proclamation from the mayor declared it “Chuck Davis Day.” But through Scott Anderson of the Vancouver Historical Society the ever-humble Chuck passed on his thanks with these words: “Aw shucks.” agarr@vancourier.com

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Hey, Carole, here’s a speech I want to hear I’m not all that thrilled with the provincial NDP. But like a lot of British Columbians, I’m even less thrilled with the Liberal government. Now is the time for Carole James to capitalize on public rage against Gordon Campbell, and lean on the rhetorical wa-wa pedal. Here’s the kind of speech I think she should give: “When we look at the condition of our province, we have to ask ourselves, do we want more of the same from the next government? No. We want livable communities with proper health care and functioning social services. We want fair wages for our poorest workers, and reasonable compensation for our best and brightest.

These are not the values of laissez faire; these are the values of fair and lasting. These are the values of the Canadian brand of socialism.

“As in the lesson from children’s stories, where the scary thing under the bed turns out to be an ally, we need to move beyond childish fears that germinate in darkness. Instead of being scared off by the word ‘socialism,’ we should reclaim it. And celebrate it. Canadians fighting for socialist values gave us universal healthcare, the eight-hour workday, child labour laws—and yes, fast ferries. I believe the blockbusters of Canadian socialism far outweigh the blunders.

“I’m told that the polls greatly favour the provincial NDP over the Liberals. Gordon Campbell’s approval rating has shrunk to 12 per cent, three times worse than George W. Bush’s lowest point. Right now, you could run a sack of coal against the premier and the coal would win by a landslide. Yet the press keeps saying, big business will welcome you to their table, Carole, but only if you play along. Go to the middle.

“I’m not interested in being a waffling centrist. But I also know that no credible socialist leader can govern effectively without acknowledging the free market. That means respecting small business people, who should not have to suffer under an unmanageable burden of taxes, including the HST, which I will rescind.

But make no mistake—this does not mean a free ride for corporate monopolies. Over the past two decades, the tax burden has shifted from the powerful few to the productive many. And although much of this is at the federal jurisdiction, I will do what I can at the provincial level to create a fair and sustainable system. No

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geoffolson concentrated centres of power, from Howe Street to Wall Street, should direct our fate.

And that includes big unions.

“A new convention centre in Vancouver, costing a half billion dollars? A new roof for B.C. Place, with a similar price tag?

In a province with the highest child poverty rate, and the poorest postal code, in all of Canada? This is a scandal! So let’s not buy into any nonsense about how we can’t afford social services anymore. This province has no shortage of capital. It is awash in capital.

“Yet in Vancouver, we couldn’t even create affordable housing, let alone housing for the poor, without bundling it into a glitzy Olympic development that is hemorrhaging debt for the City of Vancouver.

We could have done far better than this. We will do better than this.

“I must add that I refuse to be cowed by the more strident voices in the local press.

I promise to use the Internet more effectively to get my message out if the media won’t. One NDP premier was hounded out of office on the pretext of a deck built by his neighbour. Over a deck! Although no wrongdoing was found, Glen Clark’s political career was over for good, because of the media equivalent of a drive-by shooting. And his successor, Mike Harcourt, was forced out of office on the pretext of misused charity revenue from bingo games. Over “Bingogate”! Again, no wrongdoing was found on his part, but the damage was done.

“I’m not interested in class war or the politics of division.

A healthy economy must be an ecosystem: a mix of capitalist enterprises, worker-owned businesses, cooperatives, and government-funded startups.

Not a monoculture crop, but a community garden—a garden tended by all of us, from the executive suite down to the street corner. And I have a few good ideas about permaculture. Just hand me the shovel, I’m ready to get to work. Thank you.” www.geoffolson.com

Spending $550,000 on annual border fees to keep a second daily Amtrak train to file photo Rebecca Blissett Portland is a no-brainer, according to a union leader.

To the editor: Re: “Heading to Portland? Leave the car at home… while you can,” Oct. 1.

I never thought I’d write a letter to a newspaper editor about a travel story but I guess there is a first for everything. While I appreciated reading the great overview by staff writer Michael Kissinger of his travels to wonderful Portland by train, I am still angered that the story of the second daily train being in danger of permanent cancellation is not getting more attention.

The addition of the second train over a year ago on the Cascades route has been a success story on many fronts, including pumping in over $11 million in our local

economy and reducing car travel, yet the Harper government appears to be doing nothing to save it. Seems like a no brainer to me—spend $550,000 for border fees and charges to get millions back into our city

by Americans spending their greenbacks.

You’d also think the report from the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University stating that the second train to and from Vancouver generates $1.87 million in additional Canadian sales tax and hotel tax revenues annually would perk up any politician. Come on Prime Minister Harper, don’t miss the train.

Paul Faoro President, CUPE Local 15

Clarification on pool renewal plan We want To the editor

Re: “Vancouver park board floats new outdoor pool idea,” Sept. 24.

Significant progress has been made over the last 10 years in advancing the long-term renewal of the park board’s recreational facilities.

Now that the board has built a number of community centres, pools and ice rinks, a staff report proposed to monitor participation rates as part of a recreation facility renewal study. This study will look at condition, usage and distribution of facilities, evaluate population patterns, integrate recreation demand and trend analyses, and align with long term park board and

city strategic plans. Funding will range up to $200,000. Due to the cost and expanse of this review, it will not be completed by 2011. It will become part of the 2011-2015 Capital Plan.

In approving the pool assessment at its Sept.

20 board meeting, the board proposed the completion of the pool portion of this review in order to determine potential pool projects for the next capital plan. The information will also provide pertinent information for the followup consolidated recreation facility renewal review to be completed within the next five years.

Loretta Woodcock, Park board commissioner

Will Heather hire low-income residents?

To the editor: Re: “Prodigious restaurateur feasts on Gastown revitalization,” Sept. 24.

Sean Heather must have a fair amount of business acumen to open all those enterprises in the Down-

town Eastside. I particularly like his quote, “I think there are a lot of people like me down here who realize you can’t be successful and survive in this environment unless you’re compassionate, unless you give

a shit.” If I had his ear, I’d ask him, “Will you be employing many low-income people from the Downtown Eastside in your establishments?”

Rolf Auer, Vancouver

Sports reporter’s work gets high fives

To the editor: Re: “Coaches cringe at antiquated aquatic centre,” Sept. 22.

I must compliment Megan Stewart on two stories. The situation with the UBC Aquatic Centre was sad to see as my family lived in West Point Grey for over 20 years and they would swim there in the ’70s. Your incisive story conveyed the direness of the situation as

expressed by Chad Webb. The second article on the switch of the Canadians’ affiliation from Oakland to the Toronto Blue Jays was full of interesting information and had quotes from a good variety of people, each with a different viewpoint on the benefits of the change.

Well done and keep up the good work.

Pat Karl, Vancouver

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Vancouver’s police chief is urging the provincial government to expand the mandate of a proposed civilian-led investigation agency to quell concerns of police bias and cut the spiralling costs of the police department’s professional standards unit.

“In terms of public perception, right now it just seems that you cannot dispel the negative public perception that sometimes arise,” said Chief Jim Chu at a news conference Wednesday.

He said changes to the Police Act and a consequential rise in the number of complaints against officer conduct have led to an increase in the overall cost of investigating those complaints.

“Expanding the mandate of the [Independent Investigation Office] would not only improve public confidence in the investigation of allegations against police officers, it would allow every police agency to concentrate more resources on investigating crime.”

The announcement caught a civil rights advocate and lawyer by surprise.

“This isn’t even something we were sure we could push for because we weren’t sure that police would accept it and we certainly didn’t think that police would be leading the parade,” said David Eby, the executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.

“It caught me off guard because I’m very used to police resisting the idea of civilian investigative bodies. Having [the VPD] push to expand the mandate of civilian investigators is a new one. I’m speechless for once, actually.”

Chu is seeking to expand the scope and responsibility of the proposed civilian-led investigation office and open all complaints

Police Chief Jim Chu says the new recommendations would decrease the cost for municipal police departments that must fund investigations. file photo Dan Toulgoet against municipal police to scrutiny, not just in-custody deaths and serious injury.

Currently, the Vancouver Police Department’s professional standards unit investigates all complaints and Chu’s proposal would eliminate the need for police to investigate their own.

The cost to operate the professionals standards unit has exceeded the projected tally. The 2010 budget was set for $1.7 million but has now been recast at more than $2.5 million, a rise of 46 per cent. This expense is up significantly from previous years when the cost to run the unit was $1.10 million in 2008 and $1.19 million in 2009.

In 2009, the Vancouver police received and investigated 241 complaints. As of July 14 of this year, Chu said that number had already doubled.

“There are more complaints that are admissible under the new Police Act, and that’s a big drain on our resources.”

Chu said an additional

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He said it is never a choice between investigating a crime and investigating a complaint. Instead, both are pursued.

“Every professional standards complaint is going to receive the full level of attention because we don’t want the perception that we’re trying to cover it up or that we’re trying to dismiss a public complaint,” he said.

Following recommendations from the Braidwood Inquiry after the death of Robert Dziekanski, the provincial attorney general announced the civilian-led agency in June.

The B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police expressed its support.

Mayor Gregor Robertson, who is also chair of the police board, supported Chu’s call to expand the mandate of the proposed agency. mstewart@vancourier.com

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Board chair Patti Bacchus, a Vision trustee, said she addressed trustees privately to tell them how unacceptable the leak was—if the news report was accurate. (Bacchus later emailed me to say her comments were not directed at Denike and Gibson, but to trustees in general.)

“It is particularly reprehensible that the alleged leak resulted in camera crews arriving at schools while students were there and principals had no information,” she wrote in an email to the Courier. “We have a very serious challenge on our hands that is also incredibly difficult and stressful for the communities—whether we end up deciding to close the schools or not. This is a time for trustees to live up to their obligations to put the needs of students first, not a time for cheap politics.”

Denike maintains the leak speaks to morale problems within the VSB. It also provided ammunition for political blogger Mike Klassen at Citycaucus. com, who took shots at the VSB and Vision trustees in a posting earlier this week.

Public consultation on school closures starts Oct. 25. noconnor@vancourier.com

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Cracks are showing within the VSB. Before superintendent Steve Cardwell publicly announced, Monday night, the names of the five East Side elementary schools shortlisted for possible closure from an initial list of 11, the information was leaked.

The shortlist includes Macdonald, Queen Alexandra and Carleton elementary schools, and McBride and Champlain Heights annexes.

On Monday afternoon, media arrived at some of those schools to interview parents and students before the report’s official unveiling at 7 p.m. that night.

Only senior staff and trustees had copies. “Two VSB trustees, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the list to CBC News,” according to the CBC in a story posted just after 4:30 p.m., Oct. 4.

Both NPA trustees—Carol Gibson and Ken Denike, deny being the source of the leak, although they feel accused.

Vision trustee Mike Lombardi said he wasn’t responsible either. COPE’s Allen Blakey was in Asia and didn’t attend Monday’s meeting.

His COPE colleagues, Jane Bouey and Allan Wong, deny it as well, as do Vision’s Sharon Gregson and Ken Clement. That leaves a possible staff member.

A lot of people had copies of the report over the weekend.

Lombardi told me trustees were advised on Sunday that confidential envelopes containing the report were in their mail slots at the VSB for pick-up. He refused to speculate on who would leak the information, but said trustees shouldn’t have confirmed it.

“I think those trustees who confirmed it really blew it.

They added to the problem,” Lombardi said.

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The leak sparked indignation at Tuesday’s school board meeting. I’m told Chris Harris, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers Association, called it disrespectful to teachers and the schools during the public question and answer period after the board meeting.

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Coun. Suzanne Anton said she learned Wednesday that Hornby Street had already been marked as early as Monday in preparation for construction of the separated lane. Anton claimed crews began work on the lane early Wednesday morning, about eight hours after the vote.

“I thought it was unseemly,” said Anton, who characterized Tuesday’s meeting as political theatre. “It was like Hamlet where the funeral meats are used again for the wedding. It leads to a lack of confidence in the process.

It was so quick that it made the whole process look like a sham.”

Council voted unanimously in favour of the $3.2 million bike lane at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday. One minute later, Mayor Gregor Robertson’s office issued a press release with the headline, “council votes to move ahead with Hornby bike lane.”

“The fact is Vancouver has just 0.5 per cent of its roadway dedicated exclusively for cyclists,” Robertson said in the release. “We don’t have the capacity to accommodate more car traffic in our city. We don’t have room for new roads. The shift we’ve seen over the past decade is towards transit, cycling and walking and this new bike lane reflects that.”

Anton and the rest of council cast their votes after hearing from Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s director of transportation, that work on the lane

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Dobrovolny wasn’t available before the Courier’s deadline but told CBC radio Thursday morning that city staff doesn’t “count our chickens before their hatched” and will wait for council’s vote before proceeding on a project.

At least three business owners on Hornby Street told council Tuesday to delay or scrap plans for the separated lane, citing concerns over taking a financial hit and lack of options to maintain parking spots on the street.

The ruling Vision Vancouver party, which holds eight seats on council, was quick to respond to Anton’s decision to rescind her vote. The party released a statement Thursday, quoting Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs.

“This is probably the fastest flip-flop in the history of city council,” said Meggs, who met with businesses on Hornby Street before the vote.

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Meggs continued. “They do for every other major project.

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Anton said she was prepared to vote against the separated lane on Hornby Street.

But, she said, she was persuaded by the city’s engineering staff that they would continue to work with businesses to sort out any concerns.

Anton said she will follow up with staff and request a report that explains how preparations for the bike lane were completed in time to stage work the morning after the vote. The $3.2 million lane is expected to open next month as a six-month trial. It will connect with the existing separated bike lanes on Dunsmuir and the Burrard Bridge. mhowell@vancourier.com

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As Pap Awareness Week approaches at the end of this month, a Vancouver-based campaign is doing all it can to convince women that a momentary cold shudder is a small price to pay for something that might save their life.

From Oct. 24 to 30, women of all ages can get a pap test at 15 clinics or doctors’ offices in Vancouver.

The Live Aware Create Empowerment campaign began when the B.C. Cancer Agency decided it needed a new approach and an online presence to encourage young women to get pap tests.

Lizzy Karp, a writer and the outreach coordinator for the LACE campaign, is urging women of all ages, from teenagers who recently became sexually active to women in their golden years, to get tested at least once every two years.

“It’s the most effective prevention test,” she said.

Karp said part of the reason she works as hard as she does is because of the large number of misconceptions surrounding pap smear tests. Karp said she’s encountered women who don’t realize the importance of the tests, who think they can’t be tested because they don’t have a regular doctor, or who have a nightmarish vision of what the test really is.

“A lot of people get sort of grossed out by the idea of it,” she said.

When the patient is in the stirrups, the doctor inserts an instrument called a speculum into the vagina and collects a few cells from the patient’s cervix. Karp said from her own experience, the test is “really not that bad.”

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amined for abnormalities or cancerous cells that could indicate cervical cancer.

Pacific Medical, located on Fraser Street, is offering pap tests during the week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. as well as on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Pacific Midwifery Practice, located in False Creek, hosts an evening of what it promises will be the most comfortable pap smears women have ever received on Oct. 28.

Karp said she’s reminded many women that doctors and nurses are trained to make the procedure as painless as possible.

This campaign is slightly different than previous years because LACE is putting more of a focus on men. Karp reasoned that a woman is more likely to get tested if someone in her life tells her it’s something she should do.

For Karp, who said she grew up in a slightly stifled environment, the ability to have open, public discussions about pap smear tests is nothing to take for granted.

“I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and there wasn’t a lot of open discussion about sexual health,” she said.

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Metro Vancouver has launched a website to bring attention to the region’s rental housing shortage with the aim of getting senior levels of government to build more units that people can afford.

The website, dubbed Renters Speak Up, asks renters to share their stories to bring faces to what Metro Vancouver calls the region’s hidden housing crisis. One of Metro Vancouver’s duties is to ensure affordable housing is available in the region.

“What’s been missing is the voices of renters,” said Vision Vancouver Geoff Meggs, a member of Metro Vancouver’s housing committee. “So the purpose of the site is to give us a way to connect with renters and give renters a way to tell their stories so that when we’re approaching senior levels of government, we can put a human face on the problem.”

The plan is to have renters involved in a coalition of renters organizations, developers and others who understand the need for more rental housing but require senior levels of government to provide funding and a commitment to build units, Meggs said.

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New immigrants, seniors, students and families with a household income of less than $45,000 are hardest hit in the rental housing crunch. The 40,000 new residents arriving in the region each year adds to the demand where fewer than 650 rental units are built each year in the city and surrounding suburbs.

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Wendy Pedersen, co-author of the study, said the newly opened hotels purchased by the provincial government and the low-income suites at the Woodward’s redevelopment doesn’t make up for the number of units lost to closure and high rents. mhowell@vancourier.com

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The coordinator of the park board’s Active Communities Vancouver program hopes a provincial government announcement last week about investing more money in prevention to improve the health of British Columbians will translate into funding at the community level.

Jim McKenzie said the park board’s Step Out Walks is a program designed to showcase some of the city’s most beautiful scenery and promote health and fitness. “You save money if you take care of your health at the front end because it prevents you from needing health care at the back end,” said McKenzie. “Our program is relatively inexpensive to support, but we recently lost $100,000 in [municipal] funding.”

McKenzie said walking is typically the first form of exercise most people attempt after getting off the couch, so the program was designed to encourage walking. Walks are mapped out and categorized on the park board’s website by destination, park trails and walks and themes. The link offers location photographs, distance, calories burned and points of interest.

“It would make sense for the prov-

Bruce McLellan hopes Healthiest Winner, which gets sedentary people active, photo Dan Toulgoet can expand further across the city with government help. ince to support and encourage programs like this one,” said McKenzie.

Bruce McLellan, recreation co-ordinator at Riley Park Community Centre, told the Courier his Healthiest Winner program is also about prevention.

“When we work with people who haven’t exercised for a long time, it’s like the fountain of youth,” said McLellan. “Exercise stops aging and helps them stay healthy. It doesn’t matter what your fitness level is, you’re never hopeless.”

McLellan launched the Healthiest Winner program at Riley Park in Janu-

ary with support from the park board and Vancouver Coastal Health. The program’s goal is to get people living a sedentary lifestyle active again. It includes workshops on quitting smoking and stress management. McLellan was recently honoured with an award of recognition from Vancouver Coastal Health for the program. He said while the recognition was nice, the true reward is watching participants of the program become healthy.

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McLellan wants to expand the Healthiest Winner program to community centres across the city, particularly to locations on the East Side. He hopes this latest announcement from the provincial government means it will be willing to invest in programs such as the Healthiest Winner.

“We could certainly use it in areas of the city with a lower socio-economic status,” said McLellan. “We definitely need to work hard to expand the program.”

Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall told the Courier he would encourage funding for programs such as Healthiest Winner, as long as they’re evaluated to ensure they offer significant health benefits.

“I think it’s a great idea, but I don’t hold the purse strings,” said Kendall.

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The website, which launched in April 2009, has 354 members connected to each other through Facebook. Wasfi said using the social networking site is designed to form a community of people who appreciate and enjoy hiking.

Wasfi was raised in Baghdad, Iraq, and had just finished primary school in the early 1980s when his

father gave him his first laptop. He said that laptop may have been one of the first ever released.

Wasfi’s mother, a physicist, showed him the basics of computer programming. “She taught me how to optimize progress,” he said, discussing how he programmed without distraction. “Luckily there were no games.”

Wasfi studied in Baghdad and completed his master’s degree in Malaysia before immigrating to Canada and moving closer to his cousins in Vancouver. “We are living in one of the most beautiful places in the world,” he said.

Wasfi started hiking trails around Hope and the North Shore a few years after his arrival. “It’s changed me a lot since I moved here... this is where I discovered nature,” he said.

While comprehensive, the website has yet to generate any money.

“I’m sure at one point we have to be profitable,” Wasfi said.

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Halloween Be Seen

If you’re planning on sending your children out trick-or-treating this year, ensure they are easily visible in the dark of night.

Reflective tape: Apply reflective tape to your child’s costume (front and back) and shoes. Just make sure that whatever layer is outermost gets the tape applied to it.

Give him/her a flashlight: It’s difficult to navigate an unfamiliar home’s yard and stairs. A mini-flashlight will help your child see where he/she is going and help prevent accidents.

Dress Appropriately

your imagination with the face paint.

Paints can be a lot more fun than masks because you can do whatever you want.

Leave unwieldy accessories at home. Anything that fills up your child’s hands and can be a distraction (think big swords) or possibly injure another child should be left at home.

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Kids should stay in lit areas and go to homes that are well-lit.

No treats should be eaten before an adult has inspected them. This is especially important if you’re the parent of a child with allergies.

Ensure your child’s costume fits him/her properly. Low flowing costumes that drag on the ground can be a tripping hazard. Nix the highheel shoes or footwear that is too big.

Your child may groan, but sensible footwear will make for a much more pleasant walk through the neighbourhood.

Walk safely, abiding by pedestrian rules (cross at the corners, checking traffic both ways before crossing; walk on sidewalks).

Choose face paint over face masks. Masks can obstruct vision. Use

Kids should travel in groups of three or more for safety. And if your

Never go inside the home of a stranger.

child is young (less than 10 or 11 years old), adult accompaniment is a good idea when trick-or-treating.

If your child is going out with a group, be sure you tell him what time he/she is expected home.

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Stanley Park Ghost Train Oct. 8 – 31

Get ready to be spooked at the Stanley Park Ghost Train, where every year, a new theme complete with a new set and characters, will rattle your bones. Dare to ride the miniature train ride, and then plan to visit the Haunted Children’s Farmyard.

Don’t forget to wander through the lanes of Christmas displays and lights. Snacks and hot drinks will be available for sale. Tickets are $11 per adult and $7 for children and seniors. Book tickets in advance through Ticketmaster or on the same day at the ticket booth at Stanley Park.

Location: Stanley Park Miniature Railway (Georgia Street entrance, straight up Pipeline Road), Vancouver Info: 604-257-8531 or http://vancouver. ca/parks/events/ghosttrain

The Great Big Boo!

Oct. 22 – 23

The Great Big Boo! is the ultimate musical show to celebrate Halloween with your family. It is a spectacular theatrical production comprised of a full stage musical, with special effects, original characters, high-energy dance numbers and a dynamic soundtrack.

Hosted by Sammy Jo Scarecrow, the show features a fantastical cast of magical characters. Kids, come early and show off your costume and dance moves at the Boo Alley Boo Bop! All seats $19.95 plus tax.

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BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE DEBORA SWEENEY (CENTRE) ACCEPTS A CHEQUE FOR $1MILLION AT THE 15TH ANNUAL CLASSIC FORE KIDS GOLF TOURNAMENT, ORGANIZED BY THE OVERWAITEA FOOD GROUP, PARENT COMPANY OF SAVE-ON-FOODS. PICTURED WITH DEBORA ARE OFG REPRESENTATIVES MIKE OLSON, VP SAVE-ON-FOODS (LEFT) AND CARMEN CHURCOTT, VP CUSTOMER LOYALTY (RIGHT).

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Halloween on the Heights UBC Apple Festival

Oct. 16 – 17, 11 am – 4 pm

Celebrate the apple at UBC’s Apple Festival, where families can learn all about apples and taste up to 60 varieties for $3.

For parents, many varieties of apple trees will be available for sale. Kids will love the children’s area where they can participate in kids’ activity stations. Enjoy the food fair as well as the entertainment that buskers will provide. Admission is $2 per adult; free for children under 12.

Location: UBC Botanical Garden, UBC, Vancouver Info: 604-822-4529 or www. ubcbotanicalgarden.org/events

Oct. 30, 3:30 - 9 pm

Enjoy Halloween in Burnaby Heights. There will be fireworks on Friday, Oct. 29 at 8:15 pm at Gilmore Community School to kick off the fun. Then, on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 3:30 – 5:30 pm, trick-or-treating awaits your little ones as participating Heights merchants hand out candy and treats to anyone in a costume. After that, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm at Confederation Park, ride the Halloween Train in the Dark for a little spooky fun.

Location: Trick-or-treating takes place on Hastings Street, from Gamma Avenue to Boundary Avenue, Burnaby Info: 604-294-8899 or www.burnabyheights.com/halloween

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The Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver is presenting a symposium focused on honouring parents and negotiating power shifts between aging parents and their adult children, Oct. 24. Expert speakers will gather from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue at 4350 Oak St. Participants will hear a variety of perspectives on the subject, watch a video and take part in a facilitated discussion and question and answer period. The issue will be addressed from religious, psychological and family perspectives and cover issues including power shifts, the importance of respectful and ongoing communication, love versus obligation and how to minimize problems stemming from feelings of

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‘Intimate’ summer castle has 120 rooms

Augustusburg Palace a marvel of over-the-top rococo styling John Masters

Contributing writer

BRUHL, Germany—“Clemens August built this palace,” our guide, Vanessa Krohn, tells us, “because his palace in Bonn was too big.” This one, called Augustusburg, is a mere 120 rooms. The Bonn one, now used by the University of Bonn, was much larger.

August (1700-1761) was the prince-elector and archbishop of Cologne. He had 21 palaces altogether; this one was used mainly as a summer residence.

But while the prince may have regarded Augustusburg as a cottage, to the modern world it is one of the marvels of that overthe-top style of craftsmanship known as rococo, and has been recognized as such since 1984 when it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list.

August ordered the cre-

ation of Augustusburg, about 30 kilometres from Cologne, when he was just 26. He commissioned some of the most famous European artists of his day to create its splendid rooms, and “he always made his craftsmen use the most expensive materials,” says Krohn.

The chambers vie with each other to be the most magnificent, with their leather wallpaper, Dutch tiles, Venetian chandeliers and endless amounts of swirling golden plasterwork.

The masterpiece, though, is the ceremonial staircase, designed by Balthasar Neumann. It looks as if it’s all made of marble, but, in fact, some of it is stucco marble, “which is even more expensive than marble,” says Krohn, “because you can choose your form and colour.” The pillars at the base of the stair, for instance, were made from stucco marble to give them a particular

pattern and palette.

The ceremonial staircase was the first thing the prince’s visitors, disembarking from their carriages in the porte cochère, would see. It was meant to impress and it certainly does.

Once the sheer opulence of the materials had sufficiently dazzled newcomers, they could cast their eyes heavenward and take in the ceiling fresco. The expansive scene that appears to be painted on an oval dome exists, in fact, on the walls and flat top of a rectangular room. This trompe d’oreille is even more impressive when you know that it was painted by the Italian artist Carlo Carlone, 60 at the time, and two assistants in just 13 days.

The palace as a whole, however, took much longer to complete. Clemens August never lived to see its final glory, dying seven years before it was finished

in 1768. He had better luck with nearby Falkenlust, a hunting lodge where he indulged his love of falconry.

It (also a World Heritage Site) was begun in 1729 and done by 1737. A mere 15 rooms, it is, nevertheless, of the same exquisite quality as Augustusburg. It has a bathing room, or kabinet, of tall mirrors surrounded by rich gilt that Mozart admired as a boy of seven.

Another famous visitor to Augustusburg was the French conqueror and noted art connoisseur Napoleon, a man who filled the Louvre with items he liked. “When he saw Augustusburg,” relates Krohn, “he said, ‘I’m sorry the palace has no wheels.’ If it had, he would have taken it to Paris.”

For more information on Augustusburg, visit www. schlossbruehl.de.

John Masters is a member of the Meridian Writers’ Group.

The ceremonial staircase, Augustusburg’s masterpiece, looks as if it’s made of marble, but some of it photo John Masters is stucco marble.

open meeting Vancouver Coastal Health

Board of Directors Meeting in Vancouver When: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 9 am – 10:30 am Question & Answer Session starts at 11 am Where: Croatian Cultural Centre, Auditorium 2, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver The Open Meeting includes a regular meeting of the VCH Board and an interactive Question and Answer session. The Question and Answer session, scheduled to start at 11 am, will provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions.

Webcast For those unable to attend in person, VCH is also making the meeting available live via the internet. Questions will be received during the broadcast or can be sent in advance. Visit www.vch.ca for details and the agenda.

This is a valuable opportunity to connect directly with the VCH Board and Executive. Everyone is welcome to participate.

For more information, visit www.vch.ca or call 604.736.2033, toll free 1.866.884.0888.

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Steve Nash co-directs Terry Fox documentary Into the Wind for ESPN

NBA star pays tribute to Marathon of Hope Cheryl Rossi

Staff writer

He was all over the news in 1980 and all over CBC TV when it searched for the greatest Canadian in 2004. He’s been the subject of multiple documentaries, books and films. But the story of a determined young amputee from Port Coquitlam who ran from obscurity to distinction to raise money for cancer research continues to pack an emotional punch in Into the Wind, a documentary co-directed by Steve Nash that screens at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Oct. 10 and 12.

Fred Fox, the eldest brother of Terry Fox, says when the American sports network ESPN asked Nash to make a film for a series celebrating the network’s anniversary, the NBA MVP didn’t hesitate to focus on Fox. “The fact that he grew up in Victoria and [at] six years old, every morning he got up during the summer of 1980 and checked out where Terry was, and I guess he, through his life, he’s been inspired by what Terry did,” Fox said.

Nash, who started his own foundation for kids in 2001, codirected Into the Wind with his cousin, filmmaker Ezra Holland.

The hour-long documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last month and has aired on TSN, ESPN and CTV. Fox, manager of supporter relations for the Terry Fox Foundation, said his family was keen to have Terry’s story shared with an American sports audience.

“Sometimes you don’t realize, but not everybody in Canada, especially maybe new Canadians, don’t know or haven’t heard of Terry,” Fox added. “It just reinforces, even today, the importance of raising money for cancer research and keeping Terry’s dream alive.”

Into the Wind chronicles 21year-old Terry’s journey from the Atlantic provinces through Quebec, where no one knew who he was and either offered him rides or tried to run him off the road.

Finally, in Ontario, the media and Canadians started paying attention to the passionate amputee who was running a marathon a day to raise money for cancer

research after seeing young victims dying from the disease. But after 143 days and 3,339 miles, Terry was forced to stop running because cancer had grown in his lungs. He died one month shy of his 23rd birthday in 1981.

A recorded introduction from Nash will precede the screenings.

Fox and other family members will answer questions from the audience Oct. 10. Bill Vigars, the former Canadian Cancer Society publicist who accompanied Terry on part of his trip and is featured in the film will be in the audience. Judith FoxAlder, who manages international Terry Fox runs in 37 countries, and other family members, will answer questions Oct. 12.

Prior to 2010, the 30th anniversary of Terry’s Marathon of Hope, the Terry Fox Foundation had raised $500 million for cancer research.

In 1977, a person diagnosed with the same osteogenic sarcoma that took his brother’s leg had a 20 per cent chance of surviving, according to Fox. Today, as a result of research funded by the foundation, that probability has risen to 80 per cent. crossi@vancourier.com

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The Manuscript must be typed and double-spaced and each page of the Manuscript (including front cover/back page) should contain only the title of the story. No additional information (such as the name of the author) should appear anywhere else. The author’s name should only appear on the application form. Original copies will not be returned.The Vancouver Courier will be accepting entries on November 3rd and November 4th from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Entry fee is $15 (cash or cheque payable to The Vancouver Courier Newspaper). The Vancouver Courier retains first publishing rights and winning entries will be posted online and published in The Vancouver Courier on successive Fridays starting November 26th to Decemeber 10th.

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Terry Fox is the subject of a new documentary called Into the photo submitted Wind, playing Oct. 10 and 12 at VIFF.

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community briefs Five-pin night

Vancouver’s Commodore Lanes and Billiards hosts an amateur five-pin bowling league every Tuesday night. The autumn league has just begun and new members are encouraged to drop in for a few games and even play for the entire season. Cost for three games is $9 and includes shoe rental. Prizes are awarded at the end of the season. The Commodore is located at 838 Granville St. between Smithe and Robson streets.

For more information, contact Chris at 604-738-0904 or Shona at 604-314-2034.

Grey matter

“Keeping your Smarts—The Healthy Brain” is the topic

by Judy Bourne, support and education coordinator for Vancouver Alzheimer’s Society, at The University Women’s Club of Vancouver, Thursday, Oct. 14.

The 5 p.m. event includes a social hour followed by dinner and lecture for $25 plus tax. Attending the lecture only cost $10 plus tax.

To register, email office@ uwcvancouver.ca, phone 604-731-4661 or see www. uwcvancouver.ca. Please register two days before the lecture. The event is at 1489

McRae Ave., Vancouver (16th & Granville).

Light at the Mill

The Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, the oldest building in Vancouver, underwent its first major lighting and electrical upgrade in 40 years this summer. The Native Daughters of B.C. Post No. 1 will host a “Celebration of Light” at the museum on Sunday, Oct. 24 to introduce its new state-of-the-art lighting. Douglas Welch, Vancouver’s premiere lighting designer and the consultant on the project, will deliver a talk on low intensity light-

ing techniques for museumquality preservation. A silent auction fundraiser will also be featured at the Traditional Sunday Afternoon Tea, 1 to 3 p.m., at 1575 Alma St. Reserve $10 tickets at hastings. mill@gmail.com or contact Nicola at 778-888-7358.

Pumpkin carving

The Collingwood Community Police office and the Vancouver Police Department are challenging fellow emergency service personnel and community groups to show who has the best pumpkin carving skills in Vancouver. The

event, at Kingsgate Mall (corner of Kingsway & East Broadway) runs Thursday, Oct. 28 from 11 a.m. to noon with judging at 1 p.m. There is no limit to the number of entries per organization. Pumpkins will be available or you can bring your own pumpkin but you must bring your own carving tools and decorations.

Participants are encouraged to dress in Halloween costumes and to bring their cheering team. Prizes will be awarded to the best overall and the most creative entries. Participation must be confirmed by Wednesday,

Oct. 27. For more information, phone 604-879-0144 or email leyda.molnar@ kingsgatemall.com.

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Send it to events@vancourier.com. Events will be included on a space-permitting basis. School and charitable entertainment events are also welcome, but all other entertainment listings (film, theatre, dance, music, etc.) should be sent to mkissinger@vancourier.com.

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1. Even though Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has vocal fans in Elvis Costello, Steve Earle and Daniel Lanois, has been covered by everyone from Feist to Michael Bublé, and consistently writes beautiful, down-in-the-mouth songs with few equals, the dude still can’t afford a washer and dryer. Love Shines follows Sexmith’s attempt to grasp the elusive brass ring by hiring mega-watt producer Bob Rock to helm his upcoming album. Both Sexsmith and Rock will be in attendance when the doc premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival Oct. 8, 9:30 p.m. at Granville Theatre. More info at viff.org.

2. Mount Pleasant multi-media artist Dana Claxton’s latest exhibit combines indigenous traditions with North American cultural signifiers from mukluks and ponies to Adidas track pants and Ford Mustang convertibles. New Work and Then Some is at Winsor Gallery (3025 Granville St.) Oct. 9 to 30, with an artist’s talk Oct. 9, 2:30 p.m. More info at winsorgallery.com.

3. Local-bands-done-good Japandroids (pictured) and Ladyhawk play a hometown gig with guests PS I Love You at the Rickshaw Theatre Oct. 9.

Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records and all Ticketmaster locations.

4. Showcasing the work of writers and artists under the age of 30, local publication Sad Mag celebrates its one year anniversary of making old people feel even older Oct. 9, 8 p.m. at the Cultch. More info at sadmag.ca.

kudos & kvetches One nation under Canucks

In case you haven’t been overcome by the deluge of radio and television broadcasts, towel power stories, thousands of 20- to 50-year-oldmen who wrongly assume wearing a hockey jersey in public is acceptable, special pull-out sections in both of Vancouver’s daily newspapers and the faint whiff of Swedish jock strap in the air, we’d like to remind you that the Vancouver Canucks 2010-2011 season has begun.

Of course we probably don’t need to remind you. Just like every year, after going cold turkey for two whole months, easily excitable Vancouver hockey fans, and the sportswriters who get paid to arouse them, have all but mapped out the parade route Lord Stanley’s beer-stained Cup will be following through the streets of Vancouver this spring. In addition to their regular Canucks-saturated sports pages, the Province produced a 36-page love-in called White Towel, with the subhead “Wait of the World: It’s been 40 long years. Can the Canucks finally deliver?” while the Vancouver Sun published a 16-pager with “Great Expectations” projected across the Stanley Theatre marquee.

It’s a lot to take in. But despite the familiar Q&As, behind-the-scenes reporting, player profiles, sizing up the competition and mulling over Vancouver’s chances, and determining what it will take to win, we felt there was still something lacking in the wall-to-wall coverage. Which is why K&K has been busy working on its own Canucks preview. Because we’re old school, we’re going to call it either Snepstsed Away, Rota Rooter, The Steamer, The Inevitability of Disappointment Awaits or Shane O’Brien is Like Icarus Flying Too Close to the Sun if the Sun Were Seven Shots of Jagermeister Bought Off a Scantily Clad Waitress at the Roxy. Besides a kick-ass name, K&K’s upcoming Canucks preview will be way more in depth, way more personal, way more groinobsessed. Topics we’ll be covering include: • GM Mike Gillis’s tips on looking cranky, exhausted and on the verge of a stroke.

• Using a Finnish translator and urologist, we’ll conduct a probing, sometimes uncomfortable interview with Sami Salo’s ruptured testicle.

• With so many redheads on the team, is the Canucks dressing room the least sexy in the NHL? • A colourful and engaging pictorial where we

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test the flexibility of various Canucks groins. Hint: Mason Raymond could have been a ballerina.

• Now that Shane O’Brien is gone, who is the best Canuck to party with?

• Secrets of Fin the Mascot: why he’s more than just a poorly paid man-child in a stinky orca suit who gets a surprising amount of action.

• Relationship advice with Garth Butcher.

• Veteran national anthem singer Richard Loney talks smack about lazy opera dude Mark Donnelly who sits on his ass while making the crowd do most of the singing.

• Do French Canadians say the funniest things, or is it just their cute accents?

• K&K’s resident oenophile, Rusty Merlot compares the equipment stink of various players using pretentious, hard-to-decipher descriptions such as “Dan Hamhuis’s jock strap is rich with leathery tannins, smooth mouth-feel, a nutty nose with a hickorysmoked chanterelle mushroom finish.”

• We know it’s only been a month, but what new endeavour is retired Canuck Trevor Linden involved with now?

• Three words: Cooking with Kesler.

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dining

While retaining its pub feel, the St. Regis Hotel Bar & Grill delivers food that’s fresh, local and affordable.

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Grub no longer a greasy word at some pubs The Hired Belly with Tim Pawsey

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Halloween 2010 COMING UP

Attention all ghosts and goblins. Sunday, October 31 is Halloween and you’ll want to be in the know about costumes, fireworks safety, parties in the ‘hood and other exciting (and macabre) goings-on!

Plus pumpkin carving, cookie-making and home decorating ideas.

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Pub grub. At one time it was the most appropriate term, conjuring up visions of greasy fries and sloppy joe’s—afterthoughts of sustenance, whose sole purpose was to sop up the surfeit of excess beers. But, just as pubs are no longer the dark, smoke-stained beer halls of old, the food they once defined has also evolved.

One of downtown’s longest running establishments, the St. Regis Hotel Bar & Grill (Dunsmuir at Seymour, ph.

604-696-5558) has recently benefitted from a makeover that’s transformed the capacious lounge from a dingy haunt into a bustling and warm, brick and wood-toned heritage pub—with a polished kitchen to match.

Retaining that authentic pubby feel, putting good food on the menu that appeals to everyone from pre-game Canucks fans to business travellers, all the while keeping it affordable, demands a fine balance. To bump things up a notch and keep the focus fresh and local, St. Regis GM Jeremy Roncoroni brought in Canada’s Next Great Chef winner Laura Sharpe, who Roncoroni knew from his time at The Metropolitan Hotel.

The St. Regis yields some seriously decent eats, such as a trio of mini Yorkshire puddings, packed with thinly sliced top sirloin, smothered with a rich jus and sliced onions, plus horseradish on the side. Satisfying and flavourful,

it’s a near meal-sized serving, easily shared, for an appetizer price ($11).

Also worth checking out: the trio of barbecued pulled pork sliders delivers three generously open face Portuguese buns, piled with pork and onion in a tangy sauce, with crispy onion curls ($12), Ocean Wise fish and chips, and piping hot 12-inch square thin crust pizzas (also good for sharing). Want wine with that? There’s no shortage of by-the-glass picks, from a rarely found six bucks and up, as well as some of downtown’s most affordable bottles, and good draft on tap. We’ll be back!

Other noteworthy pub picks include Darby’s (2001 MacDonald at Fourth Avenue, ph. 604-731-0617), where chef Alex Rotheringham puts a refreshing spin on things, and The Whip (209 East Sixth Ave., ph. 604-874-4687). Go early for Real Ale Sundays, when they tap a

special, different keg every week.

••• As everyone knows, there are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles. Which is why the Hired Belly works tirelessly to include chocolate in his daily research. During a lunch break at tiny but tasty La Boulangerie (845 Burrard between Robson and Smythe), I recently spotted a $2 giant chocolate chip brownie. It’s dense, smothered in white chocolate squares, impossibly rich and big enough to keep two adults on a sugar high for a week. All good. But the best news is this Lilliputian spot is tucked under the soaring facade of the Sutton Place Hotel—and the brownies come courtesy of the folks who put out the celebrated Chocoholic Buffet. Enough said. info@hiredbelly.com

Mighty Bites: Fine dining deal of the week

• Taste of Yaletown (Oct. 13 to 31) offers a chance for warehouse district restos to strut their stuff. The promo is unapologetically borrowed from the successful Dine Out Vancouver (which was lifted from New York). Do some digging around the three-course menus on offer (ranging from $25 to $45) and you’ll spot a few deals. We’ll put our money on the Hamilton Street Grill’s Carpaccio, beef Bourguignon and gingerbread pudding, among other choices ($25), Hapa Izakaya’s beef tataki, spring salmon teriyaki, Dungeness crab and avocado sushi, and home made ice cream ($25), or Rodney’s “Surf ’n’ Turf for 2” at $45 a couple. Check out menus and reserve online at yaletowninfo.com.

Top Drops: Budget wine of the week

• Grooner With its catchy label, this smart wine lives up to its claims: of “Great with food, perfect for parties... and picnics too!” It’s lively, apple-toned and zesty.

At $16.95 (B.C. Liquor Stores) it’s a decent buy—and a whole lot easier to pronounce than Weingut Meinhard Forstreite Kremstal-Niederoesterreich.

STYLE report Coming up:

Fashion Additions:

Completing your ensemble is all about the little touches. We choose some great accessories - hats, scarves, jewellery and bags - from Vancouver’s chicest shops.

Pure Essence: Spa treatments that use essential oils - what do they do, and what’s right for you. We unveil the secrets of scent.

Hockey 101:

The season is on, are you a super-fan? Tips on knowing the game; plus: what’s comfy but cute, to wear to the arena.

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Lobby Hero’s serious issues get lost in laughter

Studio 58 grads save paradise and put on a show with The Park Lobby Hero

At Havana Theatre until Oct. 16 Tickets: 604.684.2787 ticketstonight.ca Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

I am still puzzling over why Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero didn’t grab me as it obviously did so many others. Very savvy people are raving about this Dirty Manhattan Equity Co-op production.

It’s true the acting is terrific.

Darren Herbert’s performance as William, the nit-picking, ruledriven captain of a security team, is sober and measured. In contrast to William is his subordinate, Jeff (Andrew Coghlan), a not-toobright (although he uses “cavalier” and “ossified” in conversation) young guy who was thrown out of the U.S. Navy for smoking dope. As Jeff, Coghlan cheerfully bumbles through, then bungles his relationship with William.

Noel Johansen, as the beat cop Bill, is a suave scumbag—so slimy it’s hard to believe that Dawn (Loretta Walsh), the rookie cop that shadows him everywhere, could

fall for him. Walsh is appropriately fragile and always at the point of tears until rage finally takes over. Under Kelly-Ruth Mercier’s very capable direction, these are four terrific performances.

Julie Martens’ set is good-looking: a mid-range hotel lobby with a small, handsomely landscaped entranceway.

And it’s funny—mostly at the expense of puppy dog, eager-to-please Jeff but sometimes in response to Bill’s unbelievably inflated ego.

(And why do we have a Bill and a William in the same play?)

At the core of Lobby Hero is a serious dilemma: when is it OK to lie? When William’s brother is arrested for killing a nurse during a drug heist and he asks William to provide an alibi, is it OK for William to lie? No. But what if the court-appointed lawyer is inept? And what if the nurse was raped first?

Lobby Hero doesn’t get into these meaty bits for way too long and when it does, it lurches from hilarity to gravity and back to hilarity.

Maybe life is like that, but there are some serious issues in this play that get lost in the laughter.

Eco-warriors and developers fight over Stanley Park in Studio 58’s entertaining musical The Park.

The Park

At Studio 58 until October 17 Tickets: 604-684-2787 ticketstonight.ca

The Park is a highly polished, fun-filled musical written by recent (May 2010) Studio 58 grads Benjamin Elliott and Hannah Johnson, and current Studio 58 student Anton Lipovetsky. Remember these names because this trio is on its way to musical theatre stardom.

What began as a one-act has been re-worked and expanded into a full-length musical, but under director David Hudgins guidance, it’s as fresh, green and restorative as a walk through Stanley Park, the subject of The Park.

Gabriel Fines (nastily, smoothly portrayed by Dustin Freeland) is the bad guy here; he wants to turn Stanley Park into a parking lot.

Sweet but insecure parks board

employee John (Joel Ballard) gets momentarily swept up by Fines but then gets swept away by Geena (feisty Amy Hall-Cummings), an eco-warrior. Flirting around the edges is sexy Patricia (Kendall Wright). You won’t believe how hilariously Graeme McComb, as the “President of Vancouver,” channels Mayor Gregor Robertson.

The entire ensemble, wearing sometimes outrageous costumes (think chickens) by Marina Szijarto, can sing and dance (with choreography by Kayla Dunbar) and entertain as well as any pros.

Ballard will break your heart with his sweet voice.

The premise, I suppose, is silly; no one would level Stanley Park—would they? But the music is so good—performed by Elliott, Lipovetsky and Spencer Schoening, the energy so high and the production so much fun, who cares if the premise is unlikely. Trees came down in Cathedral Grove to make way for additional parking, remember? And, if not a parking lot, more high-end condos for millionaires.

The Park has heart and Joni Mitchell lives on at Studio 58.

—JL

NOVA Rising Choral Stars 8pm • Friday, October 15, 2010 Ryerson United Church, 2195 West 45th Avenue at Yew Street, Vancouver There are many excellent young choral composers around the world. In this concert the Vancouver Chamber Choir presents Damijan Moˇcnik (Slovenia), Ivo Antognini (Switzerland), Timothy Corlis (Canada), Evgeny Shcherbakov (Canada), Fredrik Sixten (Sweden), Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Finland), and David MacIntyre (Canada). Also the tuneful and rhythmic Caribbean Mass by Cuba’s Electo Silva; a new piece by the ever-impressive Eric Whitacre; Morten Lauridsen’s famous O magnum mysterium; and the amusing Weather Report by our favourite Brit - Bob Chilcott.

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entertainment

Annual zine fair and festival of alternative culture returns to Vancouver after three-year hiatus

Print groupies help remount Canzine West State of the Arts

with Cheryl Rossi While magazines, newspapers and independent bookstores disappear faster than you can say iPad, for some artists, there’s something about the printed page that can’t be beat.

“As an artist, someone who likes aesthetics and stuff, I just find there’s a lot more possibilities, something they can hold in their hands, keep on their shelf, that just doesn’t get lost with the overwhelming digital age, something you can always have,” said Aaron Moran, co-creator of Smoke Signals Arts, a company that offers publishing and production services to those in the realm of arts and culture.

Moran, 24, will create an installation with Alanna Scott on behalf of OCW Magazine for the first Canzine West in Vancouver since 2006 on Oct 16. Launched in Toronto, Canzine is described as “Canada’s largest zine fair and festival of alternative culture.” The OCW installation will consist mainly of screen printing and wheat paste to reference contemporary forms of print.

Moran and Cholo Ancheta started Smoke Signals Arts last year.

They’ll wheel their sunny yellow cart that’s lined with green Astroturf and dubbed the Lemon Tree to sell Smoke Signal publications, zines from Europe, Ancheta’s handmade leather notebooks and audio projects at Canzine West.

Cholo Ancheta, Tracy Stefannuci, Aaron Moran and a yellow book and magazine cart dubbed the photo Dan Toulgoet Lemon Tree will be sharing the joys of print at Canzine West Oct. 16. “[Our] generation now wants to talk and there’s just no way of saying it,” 26-year-old Ancheta said.

“It might as well say it through art and just get out of the canvas, MEETin and Facebook and Twitter and just publish it. It’s like an exhibition on paper.”

Tracy Stefannuci, co-founder and editor-in-chief of OCW, a thriceyearly local arts and culture magazine, won the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from the B.C. Association of Magazine Publishers, which paid her way to Toronto for MagNet, Canada’s magazine conference, earlier this year. There, the 25-year-old went for a coffee with Hal Niedz-

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viecki, founding editor and fiction editor of Broken Pencil, Canada’s magazine of zines, underground culture and the independent arts, and convinced Broken Pencil to remount Canzine West with her help.

“Other than Word on the Street, there really isn’t anything like that, and Word on the Street is still a very different audience and focus,” Stefannuci said. “Right now it’s just a really vibrant, active time. So many independent magazines have been popping up, there are a lot of people creating zines, there’s tons of arts and culture events in general, and I just thought it was really important to have one big event that brought

all of those different communities together to meet each other, swap stories about what they’re doing, share tips, build community in that sense, even awareness of each other, cross-pollination of audiences.”

Broken Pencil has hosted Canzine in Toronto since 1999, but the logistical challenges of coordinating a Vancouver event from the other side of the country stalled the local event until now.

Alongside more than 25 zine, independent magazine and newspaper vendors, including Poetry is Dead, Cinema Sewer, Colin Upton Comics, Ricepaper and Megaphone, poets and improv artists

will riff off each other for laughs, a burlesque artist will perform then pose for those who like to draw, and there’ll be music, readings, film screenings and visual art.

Broken Pencil will present Radical Readings from authors including writer, filmmaker and performance artist Amber Dawn and Can’t Lit fiction anthology reading contributors, including short-short story and poetry writer Kevin Spenst. Niedzviecki, author of The Peep Diaries, a book that explores self-exposure and voyeurism, will talk about peep culture.

Later, he and Kris Rothstein, a literary agent with the Swayze Agency, and publisher Brian Kaufman who founded subTerrain Magazine and has published more than 100 books under the imprint of Anvil Press, will take a minute to weigh in on two-minute pitches from wannabe published writers on the main stage in the 1-2 Punch Book Pitch. The winner gets a Broken Pencil prize pack worth $200.

OCW Magazine, which launched as One Cool Word in 2006, has asked artists across the country to create two-by-six-inch works that will be exhibited in The Bookmark Show.

There’ll be locally made crafts and vintage clothes for sale, colouring for adults and kids, and visuals mixed with sound by Sammy Chien.

Canzine West happens at W2 Storyeum, 151 West Cordova St. from 1 to 7 p.m. Admission is $5 and includes a fall issue of Broken Pencil magazine. For more information, see brokenpencil.com/canzine or facebook.com/canzinewest. crossi@vancourier.com

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A silent auction will give you an opportunity to “make a deal “ while contributing to a worthwhile cause!

Proceeds to benefit the Shooting Stars Foundation in support of Direct Service HIV/AIDS Agencies.

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All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions.

Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers. Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections or changes will be made in the next available issue. The Vancouver Courier will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

Will be proudly celebrating our 100th Year in 2011! We would greatly appreciate any memorabilia’s such as photo’s, artifacts, report cards, school projects and/or stories associated with our wonderful school. If you can contribute, please contact Lord Nelson Elementary at 604-713-4595 or email us at www.nelson@vsb.bc.ca

Fraser Valley Bead & Jewellery Show & Sale OCTOBER 22 to 24 Cascades Casino

20393 Fraser Hwy, Langley

Gen. Admission $7 under 12 free Check out our vendors & register for jewellery making classes at www.fraservalleybeadshow.ca

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Singles, 55+ yrs. Volunteer run. Enjoy Social Activities with new friends. Golf, Dining, House parties, Theatre, Opera, Walks, Book Club etc.

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JOB FAIR Tue. Oct. 12 & Wed. Oct. 13 from 10 am - 7 pm on site at our new store location 4255 Arbutus Street - Unit #170 DOLLARAMA, Canada’s largest and fastest growing Dollar Store chain has the following opportunities available in Vancouver.

Manager & Assistant Manager

The ideal candidates will have 2-3 years supervisory experience in a retail environment with demonstrated organization and communication skills.

The successful individuals will possess strong leadership and motivational skills.

Other responsibilities include inventory control and work in compliance with all company procedures and policies.

Merchandisers

Your primary responsibility will be to un-pack and sort merchandise by department, stock shelves to merchandise plans and maintain a clean and safe workplace. The successful individual must enjoy working in a fast paced environment and be able to handle heavy loads.

Coming Events LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN

Sat, November 13th , 10am - 4pm Kay Meek Centre - 1700 Mathers Ave. W. Van. Box Office 604-913-3634 or www.kaymeekcentre.com

Speakers: Dr. Pam Squire.......... New Opioid Guidelines Dr. Roger Shick......... Difficult Emotions with Chronic Pain Update on the Zoster Vaccine.. Prevent shingles Dr. Navid Ali.............. Addiction & Chronic Pain Management

Cashiers

Full and part-time positions will be available at our new location.

Interested in joining our team? Please bring your resume to our Job Fair. We look forward to meeting you.

Susan Freeborn.............. Aqua size trainer Dr. Kim Graham.............. Understaing accupuncture

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DEADLINES Boal Chapel Memorial Gardens and First Memorial Funeral Services Memorial Gardens invite you to an informative and educational OPEN HOUSE on October 16th from 10am to 4pm.

Tours of our beautiful, one of a kind cremation cemetery and our warm and modern funeral facilities will be conducted by our expert and experienced staff throughout the day.

We are proud to present Mr. Dan Bellan of Dan Bellan Design and Mr. Mark Vaughan of Vaughan Landscape Planning and Design as our guest speakers.

Mr. Bellan is one of only seven nationally recognized Certified Memorialists in Canada and is a regular contributor to “Stone in America”, the quarterly business publication of the American Monument Association. Mr. Bellan is the designer and sculptor of the “Pillars of Remembrance” proudly offered by Boal Chapel and Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Vaughan and his firm have been the recipients of the Asla Design Award on numerous occasions. Their projects include the master plan and the Howard Fetch Fountain for the University of Victoria, the original landscape architecture for Simon Fraser University, Concord Pacific Place on Vancouver’s waterfront, Jack Loucks Court in North Vancouver, David Lam Park, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Gardens, the Infinity, Discovery Square skytrain station, Sunlife Plaza, Park Place Plaza, and Nitobe Memorial Gardens at UBC. We invite you to come and stay to hear both of these informative speakers talk and answer any questions you may have concerning their area of expertise.

Lunch and light refreshments will be served.

Please call 604-980-3451 to reserve your seat.

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BOOTUP LABS seeking experienced Python Software Engineer.

B.S in Comp. Science required. $65K per yr/ 37.5 hr/wk.

E-resume: danny@bootuplabs.com

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months.

If you’ve been looking for a home-based opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work.

Qualified applicants receive training, support and monthly remuneration.

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Busy Optometric office in Tsawwassen is looking for an Optician or Optometric Assistant. This is a part time position at present leading to full time in early Spring. Salary will commiserate with skill level. Please send resume to hansen03@telus.net

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Acme Analytical Laboratories (Vancouver), a premier BC mining laboratory, is looking to fill various Laboratory Assistant positions in Vancouver. Must be able to handle up to 40 lbs as some heavy manual labor may be required. Experience in a lab environment an asset but training will be provided.

Starting wage of approximately $12 (combination of base hourly rate and daily production bonus).

Detailed descriptions of the various positions are available on Acme’s website:

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Interested parties should submit resume and cover letter by email as instructed on the website.

Personal Trainer Certification Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be avail. 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education.

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Eurecanada Education Inc. seeks F/T Office Administrator - College Diploma required / 1−2 yrs of work exp. in a related field - Fluency in Korean and English - $21−$23/hr, 37.5 hrs/wk Fax: 604-684-3857 Email: eurecanada@hanmail.net

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Office Personnel

P/T DATA INPUT CLERK. Perfect for mom w school kids.

9:30-2:30, Mon- Fri, off when School closed or kids sick.

Fast, accurate computer input skills. Must be able to obtain security license. $12.50/hr.

Broadway & Granville. info@acmeprotective.com

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Trades/Technical

DCS seeking Concrete Finisher.

Compl. high school and min. 3 yrs of exp required. $26 hr/40 hr wk. e-resume: despinal@telus.net

Drywall Taper

Deep Drywall Ltd. a construction contracting company located at 491 East 63 Ave. Vancouver, BC is looking for a F/T Drywall Taper. Job duties include: applying finish, maintaining & restoring plaster on interior & exterior walls, ceilings, and building partitions to produce plain or decorative surfaces.

Starting salary $23.00/hr. Fax application to 604-324-9562 EOP CONCRETE Hiring F/T Cement Finisher. Must have: min. 3 yrs exp & compl. high school. $26.00 hr/ e-resume: eop_concrete@hotmail.com

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1 DAY COURSES – ONLY $62 BEST VALUE GUARANTEED Classes Every Sat, Sun & Monday Taught by Certified Public Health Inspectors ADVANCE Hospitality Education BC’s #1 Foodsafe Choice

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Medical Office Trainees Needed!

Doctors & Hospitals need Medical Administrative & Medical Office staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Training & Job Placement is also available.

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Personal Trainer Certification

Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer.

Government Financial Aid may be available.

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Music/Theatre/ Dance

Cheryl Carruthers’ Piano Studio B. Mus. U . Toronto, 3 yrs Vienna, BCRMT. 21 yrs exp. Accepting students, all levels. 604-732-3602 www.ccpianist.ca IN HOME OR STUDIO LESSONS Piano, Theory & other instruments.

Allegro Music School 604-327-7765 LEARNING IS fun when free of negative reinforcement. Training & exp. Call Tyler 604-874-3325 PIANO LESSONS- ALL LEVELS Bernard Duerksen, M.Mus. 30 yrs exp. West side. 604-605-0962.

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Tutoring Services

ENGLISH/HISTORY TUTOR for high school/uni students. Quals: BA McGill, Eng. Lit. Honours; BEd Ottawa U. Grammar, essay writing, MLA, APA, Shakespeare, etc. Flex. hrs. Will travel. Contact Ms. Boyer 778-996-6153.

FOR THE BEST Elementary & Highschool Tutor Call 604-322-3909 HELPFUL MATH TUTOR Phone: 778-866-8877 Web: http://m101m.org QUALIFIED TUTORS in your home $32/hr. All subjects. All levels. www.pdplustutors.com or call Angela at 604-421-6101

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Experienced Insulation Installers, Foam Sprayers and Fire Stoppers required. Vehicle required. Top rates paid.

Fax brief resume to 604-572-5278 or call 604-572-5288.

COMPUTER LESSONS FOR 50+ $30/hr Fall Special $210 /8hrs.

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We Offer: • Health Benefits • Company Pension • Dedicated Fleet Managers • Pre-Planned Dispatch

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SPACE BOOKING For: VEDDER TRANSPORT Rep: TAgrios Ad#: 1271702

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BOWFLEX TREAD Climber, 2 yrs old, only used a dozen times.

Moving must sell. Paid $2500, selling for $1200.

Call 604-626-4122 Aldergrove

Children’s Activities

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SCOOTER, FORTRESS almost new, w/battery, & Sony laptop brand new 604-261-6028

UBC RESEARCH

Vision Laboratory at Children’s Hospital needs volunteers (4-12yrs) with good vision and hearing for a study on visual perception. Study involves computer games. Honorarium paid.

Call Jenn at 875-2345 x 7853

SLATE POOL table, 4ftx8ft, exc condition, $500. Call 604-224-0492

Fuel

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#1 in Sales • 27 yrs in business Full & half cords 7days/week

Cats

604-805-6694

FLAT FACED Persian/Exotic kittens. Call 604-277-7059.

TOP KNOT FIREWOOD est 1981 Dry Alder, Birch & Maple. Pick up or delivered. Rod 604-985-7193

RAGDOLL & Russian Blue Kittens, 6 wks, 1st st & wormed. SL & BL pt. $250 up. 604-581-2544

BERNESE MOUNTAIN Dog puppies. European lines, vet checked,shots,dewormed,1yr health guarantee.$1200 604-823-0097 BOXERS, CKC, show champion lines, 9 flashy brindle males, ready Nov 12, 604-987-0020 CHIHUAHUA PUPS, 8 wks, PB, F/M, ready to go. Vancouver. $580 obo. Call 604-325-2639

DACHSHUND-BICHON PUPS, non shed/allergic, vet checked & shots. small. $500. 604-820-9396

Furniture ★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

604-724-7652

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Wanted to Buy

Dogs

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com

Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. (no text books/encyclopedia) I pay cash. 604-737-0530

SHIH TZU BIJON pups, 1st shots, dewormed, ready, family raised, non shed, $575 firm. 588-5195

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Pet Services

LUXURY PET HOTEL @ YVR airport because your pet deserves a vacation too! 604-238-Pets (7387)

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4 CUTE Maltese/Chiha/Terrier pups born Aug 5 1st shots $425 778 888 4177

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EDUCATION Get in. Get Out. Get Working.

JENNY - Lab Ret/Kelpie X/large/ young/female. Loves hugs & toys, energetic, boisterous with other dogs. Wary of new strangers /situations & will fear bark, blooms with consistent handlers, a rural quiet home is best. Visit the dogs at Vancouver Animal Shelter 1280 Raymur Ave 604-871-6885.

LOOKING FOR forever home. 3 Jack Russell pups, family raised, 1st shots, dew claws, de wormed, 2 M, 1 F, $500 604-721-8371 YORKSHIRE TERRIER, 7 mo, spayed, under 3 lbs fully grown, $1600, papers, 604-940-4485

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Brazilian Waxing from $35

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Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of EMIL EGLI, Deceased formerly of Vancouver, B.C., are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor c/o of his solicitors McLellan Herbert, #310 -800 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2V6 before the 29th day of October, 2010, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which they then have notice.

Hugh S. McLellan, Executor By: McLELLAN HERBERT Barristers & Solicitors

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CANADIAN HEALTH CARE ACADEMY

Health Care Attendants and Community Health Workers have an important contribution to make to BC’s Health Care system.

The HCA program at Sprott-Shaw is current and relevant to the complex and changing health practice settings in which graduates will work.

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Condos/ Townhouses Coquitlam

COQ/BBY, CORA Tower. Brand new, 1000+sf, 2 BR, 2bth, appls, Gym, Media, 2 sec prkg. Near SFU/skytrn. Dave 604-787-1413

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Great Location! Great Price! #207 - 2080 Maple, 1 BR, See www.kitsbeachcondo.ca

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Community Support Worker/Social Services

Real Estate Services

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RENTAL INCOME guaranteed for 1 year! 1 BR, granite, S.S. appl, W/D. Located in Lower Mainland’s fastest growing community. $194,900. Kathy Taylor, Pilothouse Realty, 604-377-1694

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Information Session October 12th 6-8pm

Dreaming of a New Home?

Unclaimed vehicles will be sold by sealed bids:

(1) 2000 Chevrolet Venture s/n 1GNDU03E6YD206125, r/o Wilson Elmer to recover $3517.85; (1) 2000 Ford F150 s/n 2FTRX17W5YCA31378, r/o Lee Richard James to recover $6367.50; (1) 1996 Toyota Corolla s/n 2T1BA05E8TC136218, r/o Bender Victor Peter to recover $3782.45; (1) 2002 Pontiac Sunfire s/n 3G2JB12472S228100, r/o Balmer Ryan John to recover $4950.49; (1) 2005 Honda Civic s/n 2HGES168X5H034499, r/o Christina S Lynch to recover $7581.35;(1) 1995 Jeep YJ s/n 1J4FY19P1SP223967, r/o Vincent Michel Philippe to recover $6714.00; (1) 1999 Honda Civic s/n 2HGEJ6424XH000673, r/o Dalton Dean Peter to recover $5526.71; (1) 1992 Toyota Camry s/n JT2SK11F3N0011084, r/o Robinson Catherine R to recover $10302.47;(1) 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier s/n 3G1JC12492S113886, r/o Hargreaves Geneva Bronwyn to recover $6766.55; (1)1990 Toyota Camry s/n JT2SV22F2L0332252, r/o Sawatzky Adriano to recover $8970.54; (1) 2008 Chevrolet Malibu s/n 1G1ZH57B68F159627, r/o Rolak Miroslav to recover $8457.05; (1) 1988 Mercedes 300SL s/n WDBCA25D5JA368783, r/o Kayes John Main to recover $11396.37; (1) 1995 Jeep YJ s/n 1J4FY49S1SP274312, r/o York Brian Stephen to recover $3679.55; (1) 1996 Toyota Celica s/n JT2DG02T6T0037264, r/o Stoof Cody to recover $5355.35; (1) 1998 Honda Civic s/n 2HGEJ6325WH008216, r/o Mungaroo Rohith to recover $9255.54; (1) 1992 Honda Civic s/n JHMEG8644NS806296, r/o Sampson Russell Warren to recover $6577.59; (1)1997 Nissan Altima s/n 1N4BU31D1VC174560, r/o Cruz John Nel Santiago to recover $6580.95; (1)1990 Honda Accord s/n JHMCB7663LC819808, r/o Llagas Darwin Roger to recover $8947.97; (1) 1998 Honda Accord s/n 1HGCG2252WA801353, r/o Keable Kimberly Valentine to recover $6067.20; (1) 2001 Chrysler Neon s/n 1C3ES46C11D293303, r/o Bishop Leanne Richeale to recover $6590.15; (1) 1992 Toyota Tercel s/n JT2EL43E7N0177687, r/o Yam Tammy Shuk Yee to recover $7757.00; (1) 1988 Nissan 300ZX s/n JN1CZ14S8JX200639, r/o Nguyen Dong Van to recover $6546.05; (1) 2002 BMW 540I s/n WBADN53472GF70036, r/o Smith Vincent Boyce to recover $17238.68; (1) 2003 Mercedes E320 s/n WDBUF65J73A250949, r/o Duddek Wolfgang Siegfried to recovery $13118.57; (1) 2004 Mazda 3 s/n JM1BK12FX41101394, r/o Yung Allan to recover $11315.08; (1) 1996 Dodge 2WHDR s/n 3B7MC33C0TM183496, r/o Doell Shane Jeremy to recover $8055.86; (1) 1996 Volvo 850 s/n YV1LS5109T3326850, r/o Kennedy Blaise Sutton to recover $3297.35; (1) 1995 Volkswagen Passat s/n WVWCE83A4SE001109, r/o Harvey Steve Leigh to recover $3021.55; (1)2007 Pontiac Montana s/n 1GMDV03157D106904, r/o Fong Raymond Elliott to recover $6654.97; (1)1992 Chevrolet Lumina s/n 2G1WN51X4N9156729, r/o Miller Rachel Line to recover $6945.00; (1) 1994 Ford 4WHDR s/n 1FTEF14Y3RLB09493, r/o Fortin Shane Cameron William to recover $4109.37; (1) 1986 Jaguar XJ6 s/n SAJAL1244GC442436, r/o De Chavez Editha Verdadero to recover $8967.58; (1) 2000 Ford Windstar s/n 2FMDA5347YBB39090, r/o Quiroz Lopez Jose Alberto to recover $4546.51; (1)1997 Nissan Pathfinder s/n JN8AR05Y8VW177316, r/o Penna Jeffery Wallace to recover $10691.54; (1) 2008 Chevrolet Colorado s/n 1GCCS399688184268, r/o Dhillon Prithpal Singh to recover $7673.82; (1) 2004 Ford Ranger s/n 1FTYR44E54PB04728, r/o Dunster Logan Paul to recover $8289.64.

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $99,900 597-8361 id4714 Harrison Hot Springs immaculate 1650sf 3br, 2ba rancher $389K 604-796-3531 id5222 Langley parklike acreage w/2 homes, 1 with suite, barn, $1,495,000 857-9093 id5238 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $440Kobo 722-3996id4694 Maple Ridge executive 2446sf 4br 3.5ba tnhse, fabulous view $423K 467-0275 id5226 Mission, Owner Retiring, profitable framing store & gallery $47,000 826-7993 id5176 Mission acreage secluded 2325sf 4br 3ba home 2.33 ac lot $589K 820-7222 id5225 New West updated new kit etc. 670sf 1br condo, pool $158,500 778-397-0508 id5230 Poco immaculate 1790sf 3br 2.5ba end unit tnhome $424,900 778-554-2263 id5241 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $479,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Newton 1600sf 4br 2.5ba w/2nd 2br home in back, LUC lot, $479K 825-3280 id5231 Sry Sullivan Hts like new 3245sf 6br 4.5ba with bsmt suite $589K 604-618-0052 id5242

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Houses - Sale

6020-08

Coquitlam

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6020-34

Surrey

N. SRY, Immac 2 BR, 1 bath, 534 sf. 6000+ lot. Move in or rent. Cls to Elem schl/skytrain. $239,000.

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6030

Lots & Acreage

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT, New Westminster. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. No HST! $324,888. Call 604-726-0677.

6035

Mobile Homes

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NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of John Henry Weatherall, Deceased, late of 3626 Wellington Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5R 4Z3 who died on the 3rd day of September, 2009, at Vancouver, British Columbia, are hereby required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned at 510 - 1040 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4H1, on or before November 5, 2010, after which the attorney for the Estate will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the attorney then has notice.

Carolyn M. Coleclough, solicitor for Michael John Jefferson, administrator by attorney for the Estate

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4060

Garage Sales

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CARROLL HOMECARE bed, fully electric, almost new (used 1 mo.). Incl. twin mattress worth $600. Pd $3200. Asking $2200 obo. Call 604-988-5874.

2135

Dogs

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

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3508

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2070

Childcare Available

3015

Dogs

EW35

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Business Opps/ Franchises

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Baking, household, pet supplies & Misc. Raffles. Proceeds to help pets. Hot Dog sale. Volunteers.

TAPESTRY THRIFT SHOP

1369 Kingsway (just west of Knight St) NG • Furniture • Houseware HI • Books • Knick Knacks SOMEFTOR NE! YO • Jewellery • Accessories ER AT V !

E E • Clothing for Women, Men GR ICES PR and Children

5075

Mortgages

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7005

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Massage, Facial, Nails, Waxing

RELAXING MASSAGE very clean/private. 9am-11pm, 7days, D/town & Kits. Anie 604-684-8773

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Accounting/ Bookkeeping

Corporate Tax Returns $225 +up $20 and up for personal tax.

Monthly bookkeeping $20 hr +.

Specialize: construction; sm bus. accounting. Trevor 604-788-0396

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7010

Personals

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8060

Concrete

CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

6508

Apt/Condos

2 BR +office, large bright, 2 bath, quiet bldg. South Granville, 2 blks to VGH, wood fp, balc. hardwood, stainless, ns, np, prkg, $2400/mo or lease, refs. 604-739-1414

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: The accent continues on relationships – and opportunities. Last summer’s taste of luck and freedom will return as a full meal the first five months of 2011. But until then you have a number of duties – at least two major ones – to clear up. These are not mere “chores” – they entail an obligation, a social or sacred trust. They likely involve a legal, love or international affair, or a religious, intellectual, educational or publishing matter. Clues, reminders come Sunday to Tuesday. Be ambitious, reliable midweek, but don’t seek agreement. Social delights, love, happiness Friday/Saturday!

Taurus April 20-May 20: Two weeks remain of drudgery and health concerns. Soon you’ll be free to give your full attention to the social and romantic hints you’ve been picking up, and the opportunity of these will last until then. Meanwhile, knuckle down to work. Sunday’s social and intriguing – perhaps with someone ”higher up.” But this eve and Monday/ Tuesday bring heavier themes: sex, intimacy, privacy, research, finances, commitment. (Don’t feel you have to commit, though.) Understanding, a mellow mood enters midweek. Be ambitious Friday/Saturday: prospects look good for a new project.

Gemini May 21-June 20: The emphasis remains on romance, creativity, risk and reward, pleasure, beauty and charming kids. This isn’t the easiest week, but there are no major obstacles, either.

Tackle chores Sunday a.m. – clear the decks for some evening explorations, bids or opportunities.

Partnerships and marriage haven’t been easy since 2003, and won’t be this autumn/winter – nor Tuesday p.m. But next March starts eight years of peace, harmony, friendliness and interest in relationships.

Loneliness will flee! Be patient, flexible until then.

Depths, mystery, sexual and financial attractions mid-week.

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Cancer June 21-July 22: Home, family, security are still of prime importance. And romance, creativity, charming kids, pleasure, beauty, speculative risks still run a close second. A “prodigal child” might return in the next three months. Sunday morning, mid-day are romantic, in a friendly but sexy way. Tackle chores this eve to Tuesday. You’ll get a lot done – but watch safety Tuesday eve. Relationships erect barriers Wednesday/Thursday, so be diplomatic. It’s nothing major. Sexual urges, financial inspirations/hunches, life’s depths and mysteries arise Friday/Saturday.

Invest passively, pay debts. Research!

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: What’s slow is difficult; what’s quick is easy. In the house, with family, be flexible, long-suffering, affectionate. Outside the house, follow your curiosity – it can lead you to valuable information, even to new friends. (Now to next March, you might make a friend who is surrounded by, or has an element of, mystery. This person can offer nuggets of little-known information, but don’t follow his/her advice about money or business.) Rest early Sunday.

This eve to Tuesday brings romantic urges — and insights. Tackle chores midweek. Exciting meetings, fresh horizons Friday onward!

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Chase money. Buy/sell, seek new clients, ask for a pay raise or extra hours (especially Friday/Saturday). Generally this is an easy, sensual week. Sunday morning’s very friendly. Both opportunity and opposition occur Monday/Tuesday – say yes to real estate, security, home, no to health or work themes. Romance, pleasure, sports, creative projects and charming kids fill Wednesday/ Thursday – nighttimes best, mid-afternoons worst.

Tackle chores Friday onward. A former opportunity returns to you now to mid-November. Be ready to “work it” December/January. Might involve property, relocation.

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8058

253-0049

Apt/Condos

8073

QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

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RENTALS

1 & 2 bedrooms

Call 1-866-690-3328

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8055

Cleaning

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5005

8055

6508

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5035

HOME SERVICES

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8060

Concrete

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. We also do block, & stone work. Free ests. Call Basile 604-617-5813 Concrete Specialist. Driveways, sidewalks, exposed aggregate & patios. Santino 604.254.5551 CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726

6508

Apt/Condos

8060

Concrete

L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

8070

Doors

ALL GARAGE DOORS - install new door & opener, spring repair, door removal etc 604-719-1837

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

BACHELOR SUITES for rent.

Must be 60 or older, low income, must be independant.

604-562-1976

2 BR bsmt, 60TH & KNIGHT, n/s, n/p, Ref’s a must, suits quiet people, 1200 sf, avail Oct 15, $850 incl utils. 604-649-3525

BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR avail. Rates from $800. Call 604-327-9419.

2 BR bsmt ste, Nov 1st, $825 hydro incl’d, n/s, nr Langara, schools, grocery. 604-715-4706

BRAND NEW 2br, 1ba, Condo, 6 appl, u/g prkg, 1533 E 8th Ave. Now, $1550, refs, 604-240-5322

2 BR main flr, new reno, 800sf, nr Fraser & 47th, quiet area, $1250 + utils, laundry, n/s, n/p, Immed 604-727-1372 or 778-887-0393

VAN 2 BR, 2 ba Executive condo D/T. $2290. Call Quay Pacific Property Mgmt at 604-570-2786

2 BR, share yard, $950 incl utils & laundry, carpeted, 5 yr old home, 29 Ave skytrain, Near Kingsway, ns, np, avail now, 778-881-1674

6540

Houses - Rent

3 BR bsmt suite, 29th & Elgin, near bus & school $900 + 50% utils. ns np, avail Oct 15.

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Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness remain high. Start important projects, insist on your way, ask favours, and make personal appearances. Shop Sunday morning (especially for high-tech). This afternoon through Tuesday brings paperwork, communications, errands, casual acquaintances – busyness. Your home life, your security, and real estate, become important midweek. It’s a splendid time to institute your own schedules, priorities, to end some situations and lay the groundwork for the new. Romance visits Friday/ Saturday. Before 2011, new romance is not the “marrying kind.”

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Continue to take a restful, contemplative approach. Your energy levels are low.

Still, there’s a lot of important work to be done, so do it. Important because either a) you’re the only one who can do it; or b) it promises to “almost directly” advance your own goals. Someone might be “sweet” on you – be kind, but gently evasive. Chase money, buy/sell, Sunday eve to Tuesday. Communicate – but carefully – Wednesday/Thursday. Drive carefully, too.

Be alert, because events are faster now than you are.

Retreat to home ground for some deep, rejuvenating rest Friday/Saturday.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: The accent lies on wish fulfilment, popularity, entertainment, social delights and group efforts. Visualize your future, make optimistic plans. You might be experiencing a clandestine attraction – this has little beneficial impact, and could hinder future love, which would be a shame, as the first half of 2011 holds the promise of splendid romantic beginnings! (If you’re married, 2011 will bring creative and similar successes.) Sleep in Sunday morning. This p.m. (through Thursday) your energy soars – tackle big things, enjoy the attention!

Buy/sell midweek. Errands, Friday/Saturday.

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6615

Wanted To Rent

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Oct. 10 - Oct. 16 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Be ambitious. Think about future paths, possibilities Sunday morning.

Then spend this p.m. through Tuesday evening in rest, planning, research, preparation and dealings with “permission agencies” (government, institutions, “head office”). (Attend to health issues, also.) Charge forth Wednesday/Thursday – ask favours, ask to see important people, make presentations, initiate projects. You’ll succeed! Money’s the subject (and object) Friday/Saturday. All month, your hopes are tied up with love and work. A co-worker romance might be growing more serious. There’s no harm in this!

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: A sweet, mellow, easy week, with a focus on intellectual interests, far travel, education, publishing, culture and love. (These slow mildly to late 2012.) Perform a money chore Sunday morning. Your optimism and popularity surge this eve to Tuesday. Accept and issue invitations, envision the future and sign on for entertainment. A wish might come true (perhaps not a romantic one). Rest, retreat Wednesday/Thursday. Plan and contemplate, think about your shifting spiritual and charity beliefs. Your energy and charisma return strongly Friday/Saturday.

Romance is a definite maybe.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: The accent lies on mystery, depths, lust, big finances, subconscious urges, lifestyle changes, deep health factors, commitment and consequence. These deep currents are overlaid with a romantic, loving, and “intellectually beautiful” atmosphere. It could be the right time to say “Yes” to someone or something! (Though, frankly, there’s no rush – next week’s good also, as is most of the rest of 2010.) Be ambitious Sunday eve to Tuesday.

Wishes can come true Wednesday/Thursday, though it’s more likely you’ll simply experience optimism and quiet social joys. Retreat, rest Friday/Saturday. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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Drainage

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8090

Fencing/Gates

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8130

Handyperson

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8075

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8105

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Drywall

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Glass Mirrors

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Gutters

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Excavating

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8130

Handyperson

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Heating

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Kitchens/Baths

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Lawn & Garden

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Masonry

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8155

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Landscaping

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Lawn & Garden

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Home Services

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Decks/Patios/ Railings

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Oil Tank Removal

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The Scions are finally here in Canada!

The Scion lineup currently consists of three vehicles (all under $21,000) and there’s another one on the way. They will be offered mainly (via the separate showroomwithin-a-showroom idea) though 45 existing Toyota dealerships. In addition, there will be dedicated “boutique” downtown stores in major cities—one in Vancouver.

Scion is a youth-oriented brand that attempts to capture the “GenY” buyer and promises to do it with a very different marketing and buying experience. That’s because the kids of the boomer generation have grown up with mobile phones, anytime Internet access and interaction with friends though social networking sites.

The Scions are already a common sight south of the border, where they have been on the market since 2004, and you may have spotted a number of them that have strayed north of the 49th.

“It’s not just the car, it’s also the way you interact with a whole new group of consumers, in way that they want to introduce brands and products into their lives,” according to Stephen Beatty, managing director, Toyota Canada. “These buyers have more control over when, where and how they shop. It’s all about access and choice.”

Scion vehicles come with a high level of standard features. Air conditioning, power windows/ locks/ mirrors, an audio system with MP3/iPod outlets, sport seats and a full package of safety equipment are all included in the base vehicle.

The colour and whether you want a manual or

an automatic transmission are the only primary choices.

Moving on from the base vehicle starting point, purchasers then have the freedom to fully customize their ride from line of more than 75 parts and accessories, including a full line of Toyota Racing Development (TRD) performance gear. It’s a mix of both dealer and factory installed equipment.

The Tc Sports Coupe is the sporty leader in the Scion line and was the recipient of an extensive redesign for the 2011 model year. It comes with a “tunable” 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine, a six-speed manual or automatic transmission and its price is $20,850.

While nothing like the boxy shape that people associate with Scion, its design does incorporate the high belt line and the “chopped” short window glass styling traits of its Scion compatriots. It’s also a hatchback with fold-down rear seats that adds to its functionality and the Tc comes with additional knee airbags for both the driver and front passenger.

Scion calls the xB a “compact urban utility vehicle”. The tallest Scion is a classic two-box design and it offers the most interior and cargo space of the trio. You also sit taller in an xB and there’s lots of room for cargo and passengers. Under its hood is a 2.4-litre engine and it’s mated to a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission.

The xB starts at just $18,270, that price includes projector style lowbeam headlights, and a centre-dash positioned instrument panel, on the inside. It also comes with a tilt and telescopic steering wheel with audio controls.

The base audio system in all Scions is by Pioneer and upgrade option is an Alpine system.

Scion xD is a smaller, lighter yet versatile fivedoor hatchback with a more fuel-efficient 1.8litre engine that’s also mated to a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. A start price of just $17,200 makes it the lowest priced Scion that you can cur-

Already popular with the kids south of the border, Toyota’s Scion is a youth-oriented brand that attempts to capture the “GenY” buyer and promises to do it with a very different marketing and buying experience. rently buy.

The xD comes with versatile rear seating system. In addition to being split 60/40 and folding flat, they also have clever slide and recline features.

Unique storage features in xD include both an upper and lower glovebox, plus a pop-out cup holder on the right side of the dash.

Later this year an even smaller Scion, called the iQ is expected. The only information we have right now is that it’s a subcompact three-door hatchback with seating for four.

Toyota Canada believes that the timing is now right for Scion in Canada, due to an ongoing change in consumer demographics.

Scion Quick Specs:

Price/Power (hp) Fuel Economy (man) Scion tC: $20,850/180 9.2/6.4 L/100 km (city/ highway) Scion xB: $18,250/158 9.5/7.2 L/100 km (city/ highway) Scion xD: $17,200/128 7.4/5.9 L/100 km (city/ highway) Basic Warranty: three years/60,000 km Powertrain Warranty: five years/100,000 km Rust Warranty: five years/unlimited km.

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Anton rescinds Hornby lane vote Mike Howell Staff writer

City’s council’s lone NPA councillor says she will rescind her vote in favour of the Hornby Street separated bike lane because she believes the project was a “done deal” before the vote was finalized Tuesday night.

Coun. Suzanne Anton said she learned Wednesday that Hornby Street had already been marked as early as Monday in preparation for construction of the separated lane. Anton claimed crews began work on the lane early Wednesday morning, about eight hours after the vote.

“I thought it was unseemly,” said Anton, who characterized Tuesday’s meeting as political theatre. “It was like Hamlet where the funeral meats are used again for the wedding. It leads to a lack of confidence in the process.

It was so quick that it made the whole process look like a sham.”

Council voted unanimously in favour of the $3.2 million bike lane at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday. One minute later, Mayor Gregor Robertson’s office issued a press release with the headline, “council votes to move ahead with Hornby bike lane.”

“The fact is Vancouver has just 0.5 per cent of its roadway dedicated exclusively for cyclists,” Robertson said in the release. “We don’t have the capacity to accommodate more car traffic in our city. We don’t have room for new roads. The shift we’ve seen over the past decade is towards transit, cycling and walking and this new bike lane reflects that.”

Anton and the rest of council cast their votes after hearing from Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s director of transportation, that work on the lane

Crews began work on the Hornby Street bike lane photo Dan Toulgoet Thursday morning. would begin this week, if approved by council. Anton said she remembered him “saying something like that.”

Dobrovolny wasn’t available before the Courier’s deadline but told CBC radio Thursday morning that city staff doesn’t “count our chickens before their hatched” and will wait for council’s vote before proceeding on a project.

At least three business owners on Hornby Street told council Tuesday to delay or scrap plans for the separated lane, citing concerns over taking a financial hit and lack of options to maintain parking spots on the street.

The ruling Vision Vancouver party, which holds eight seats on council, was quick to respond to Anton’s decision to rescind her vote. The party released a statement Thursday, quoting Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs.

“This is probably the fastest flip-flop in the history of city council,” said Meggs, who met with businesses on Hornby Street before the vote.

“The motion passed Tuesday night includes councillor An-

ton’s own amendment, which council accepted unanimously, to communicate with businesses throughout the trial.”

Meggs described Anton’s vote reversal as “laughable.”

“Why would staff not have a work plan already in place?”

Meggs continued. “They do for every other major project.

Frankly, I commend staff for being as efficient and prepared as they were—that’s what taxpayers want to see from city hall.”

Anton said she was prepared to vote against the separated lane on Hornby Street.

But, she said, she was persuaded by the city’s engineering staff that they would continue to work with businesses to sort out any concerns.

Anton said she will follow up with staff and request a report that explains how preparations for the bike lane were completed in time to stage work the morning after the vote. The $3.2 million lane is expected to open next month as a six-month trial. It will connect with the existing separated bike lanes on Dunsmuir and the Burrard Bridge. mhowell@vancourier.com

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Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business told council on Tuesday that a survey conducted by the federation revealed Hornby Street business owners feared an average photo Dan Toulgoet loss of 23 per cent in sales when the lane is open to cyclists. “That’s a big hit for a small business,” Jones said.

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ornby Street will never look the same.

At least, that is, for six months.

That’s the length of a trial city council approved Tuesday to see if adding a separated bike lane on the busy downtown street will work for cyclists, motorists and businesses.

The lane is the last link in the chain of a downtown bicycle network that will allow a cyclist to ride both ways from Chinatown to Kitsilano along a path protected by barriers such as planters.

The Dunsmuir viaduct, Dunsmuir Street and the Burrard Bridge already have separated bike lanes. The Hornby link will also extend to seawalls on the north and south ends of the 12-block street.

Total cost for the network is estimated at $5 million; the city’s annual budget for transportation-related projects such as roads is $125 million.

When city council unanimously approved the Hornby lane shortly before midnight Tuesday, many spectators remaining in the gallery erupted in applause. The next day, however, NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton said she was going to rescind her vote. She argued work on the lane started before the vote was taken.

Nonetheless, the significance of the moment was not lost on former NPA councillor Gordon Price, one of the last of the 25 speakers to address council, who provided historical context to the move.

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“It’s a click moment,” he told council as he stood at the lectern in the chambers. “There are times in the growth of the city when networks begin to fill in, when connections are made, when the infrastructure gets to a certain point where things just go…” He snapped his fingers. “…click.”

The commuter cyclist recalled that people couldn’t walk or cycle around Stanley Park until the seawall was completed in the early 1970s. Then an extension of the seawall was made to Granville Island.

“They are magical moments and they are extraordinarily powerful,” said Price, who served 15 years on council and is now the director of the

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Price was among the majority of speakers Tuesday who supported the ruling Vision Vancouver council’s desire to implement the separated lane on Hornby Street.

Council’s vote was based on a report by the city’s director of transportation, Jerry Dobrovolny, who outlined the importance of increasing alternate transportation modes other than the vehicle.

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“It wasn’t a policy to reduce the number of cars, but as we made the alternatives attractive, and as we provided capacity and support for the sustainable alternatives of cycling, walking and transit, we also saw there was a shift in modes,” Dobrovolny said. “I’m not aware of any other city in North America that’s had a reduction in the number of cars and the tremendous growth in [pedestrian, cycling and transit] trips that have taken place that’s happened in Vancouver.”

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Separated bike lanes now a ‘best practice’ in New York, Montreal and Copenhagen Continued from page 4 “We’re a fully developed urban area,” he told council.

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he separated bike lanes on the Burrard Bridge, Dunsmuir viaduct and Dunsmuir Street have already shown an increasing number of people are choosing a bicycle as their means of transportation.

Cycling trips along Dunsmuir increased from 500 before the route opened in June to an average of 2,000 per day in the summer. In July, the Burrard Bridge recorded its millionth bicycle trip a few days prior to the one-year anniversary of the separated lanes being installed on the span.

The Burrard lane is no longer a trial, with council recently approving $2 million worth of design work to build permanent cycling paths with barriers on the bridge.

For Dobrovolny, the addition of the separated lane on Hornby isn’t so much to provide safer routes for the experienced cyclist. Rather, he said, it’s to attract people who want to ride but don’t feel comfortable in traffic.

Pointing to a study from the Portland Office of Transportation, which found that 60 per cent of people polled fell into this category, Dobrovolny said that group is

the city’s target market. “What do we need to do to make cycling an attractive option for that 60 per cent? We feel the answer is separated bike lanes. Separated bike lanes feel safer. They provide a clear barrier between the cyclists and the motor vehicles.”

Separated bike lanes, he said, are now a “best practice” in cities around the world, including New York, Montreal and Copenhagen, which has one of the highest number of cyclists on the planet.

Pernille Herzberg, originally of Copenhagen, moved to Vancouver six weeks ago. She spoke to council Tuesday night and predicted “a revolution of transportation in downtown” once biking is made safe and convenient.

Herzberg said reducing dependency on vehicles makes the city centre more accessible for everybody, including motorists. The shift also reduces the need for parking, a sore point with some business owners on Hornby who will lose 158 metered parking spots on the street.

“In Copenhagen, nobody questions the advantages and positive effects of the bike [network] any longer,” said Herzberg, noting the two cities have similar climates.

“Our biggest concern is ironically the space for parking our bikes. I

Director of transportation Jerry Dobrovolny told council staff worked with photo Dan Toulgoet Hornby businesses to address most of their concerns. therefore suggest you in Vancouver consider this issue from the very beginning. This will make your bike dreams come true even faster.”

While that may be the Copenhagen experience, not all local business leaders are ready to embrace a separated bike lane on Hornby. The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Asso-

ciation and the Vancouver Board of Trade panned the plan, accusing the city of a lack of consultation and not measuring potential economic impacts to businesses.

Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business told council that a survey conducted by the federation revealed Hornby Street business owners feared an average loss of

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“That’s a big hit for a small business,” Jones said. “And as you put your hand up [to vote], I’m sure you will tell yourselves that we are wrong. But the last thing I want you to think about as you put your hand up to vote is—what if we’re right?”

Jones said Hornby business owners support bike lanes, such as the existing painted lane on the street, but wanted more consultation on options, including ways of maintaining parking.

The city has said 160 parking spots will be added to Howe and Seymour streets in the same corridor. As well, there are more than 10,000 parking spots in parkades along the corridor.

Vision Vancouver councillors Geoff Meggs and Raymond Louie challenged Jones on the 23 per cent figure and questioned why she couldn’t provide evidence of what effect separated bike lanes had on businesses in other cities such as Montreal.

Jones replied the 23 per cent figure was an opinion of business owners the same way it was the opinion of council that more cyclists are expected to use a separated lane on Hornby.

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Continued from page 5 Louie recalled how a previous debate over removing vehicle traffic from the Granville Mall upset business owners. After the 2010 Winter Olympics demonstrated the popularity of the mall for pedestrians, Louie said business owners now want the area “pedestrianized.”

“It’s not cars people want, it’s the people,” Louie said.

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“It’s a fact that people look for spots close to the business they’re going to,” he said, noting very few cyclists shop at his store. “And eliminating this parking on Hornby will eliminate impulse stop-and-shop customers, which makes up a fair percentage of my business.”

The economic recession has already made it tough for small business owners, who pay enough in taxes, he added.

“So in essence, you’re asking us business people to pay for something that will reduce our business. Even if you decide that this [lane] isn’t going to work and you do take it out—which I question whether that would happen—the damage could have already been done to a lot of the businesses in that trial period.”

Dobrovolny told council that he and his staff have worked with Hornby businesses to address concerns, hosted two open houses, mailed out 4,000 brochures on the plan and received online feedback.

City staff will also hire an outside firm to conduct business impact studies on businesses along Dunsmuir and Hornby as part of each trial. Dobro-

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“I know that we’ve spent a tremendous amount of staff time with businesses along the corridor in one-onone meetings, looking specifically at their needs,” he said.

“I feel that staff has addressed those specific needs along the corridor as best as is possible. It doesn’t meet all of the needs of all of the businesses, but I feel that it’s come pretty close in most of those cases. At the end of the day, there are tradeoffs that are required.”

Although not surprising, others who lined up to support the Hornby lane included Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, representatives of council’s bicycle advisory committee and the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, which has linked with 70 businesses in Metro Vancouver that support cycling infrastructure improvements.

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Novex’s fleet includes gasolineelectric hybrids, natural gas vans and biodiesel freight vehicles. Safrata said his drivers regularly use Hornby Street.

“I’ve asked our staff what their thoughts are, and to summarize very briefly they have said more cyclists will relieve congestion,” said Safrata, adding that a separated lane will be safer and better for the environment.

Dobrovolny and his engineering staff chose Hornby Street as the preferred linkage to Dunsmuir and the Burrard Bridge because it has medium volumes of traffic, existing bike traffic, one transit stop south of Pacific Street and it is not a designated truck route.

Meggs predicted the Hornby link will increase bicycle ridership.

“One thing that is important to remember is that no one is going to be forced to ride a bicycle downtown,” he said in his closing remarks. “But if we make the right decisions and go about implementation the correct way, no one will be forced to drive a car in the future, either.”

The separated lane on Hornby is expected to open next month.

Council will decide six months later whether the $3.2 million experiment was worth it. A report on Dunsmuir is expected sooner.

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Cheyenne Harvey, 26, likes to look and smell good. So she values keeping her lotions, clothes and shampoo in the storage facility at First United Church.

Harvey, who found housing at Sereena’s House for Women two months ago, was homeless for a year and slept in the church on the corner of East Hastings and Gore.

“It meant that I had a home, it felt like it,” she said Wednesday.

“It’s free. And you get to sleep close to [the storage facility], change in the morning with it, shower here in the morning with new clothes. We don’t have to leave something hidden in an alley, under a bush and then someone steals it. That’s usually what people do.”

Last month, an average of 280 people used the storage space each day, says Don Evans, director of finance and fund development for the church. It’s the largest storage facility of its kind in Vancouver.

But funding for the year-old storage facility runs out Oct. 20.

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Cheyenne Harvey stores her clothes, shampoo and other items at the storage facility at First United Church. “We don’t have to leave something hidden in an alley, under a bush and then someone steals it.” photo Dan Toulgoet cial government for B.C.’s 150th anniversary. The city says it now has no more money available to keep the program going.

Evans says the church needs $98,000 a year to run the facility, including paying for supplies, cleaning and pest control and providing jobs for seven Downtown

Eastside residents. It’s open every day from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., excluding lunch and dinner.

Evans has received $35,000 to continue the storage service from three local foundations. The facility is a top contender to win a $25,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project under the $25,000

food and shelter category. If First United wins the grant, it will still need to raise another $38,000.

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Her rubber bin, one of 155 in the secure area, holds her clothes and bedding, and when she and her

boyfriend sleep upstairs, it also holds their cellphones and cameras. The two moved to Vancouver from Winnipeg last month. After her boyfriend’s fishing job fell through, they ended up at First United. He was working at a temp job Wednesday with the knowledge that his things were secure.

“I don’t know what I would do if I lost this place, if I stayed here,” said Marsden, who hopes to return to Winnipeg this weekend.

Staff were busy Wednesday morning checking names against numbers on bins, luggage and shopping carts full of bedding, clothes and extra shoes. They accepted and gave out goods. Users must check in daily and let staff know if they’ve gone to detox or jail. The facility is open to anyone who needs it. Two hundred and fifty people sleep each night at the church and another 100 during the day.

“It’s taken away the burden of having them have all their stuff with them and it’s given them dignity,” Evans said. “When you’re sitting there with a shopping cart and all your belongings, everybody knows you’re homeless. If you’re actually able to put your stuff somewhere, you can be part of the community.” crossi@vancourier.com

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Last week’s poll question: What should the city do with the empty suites at Olympic Village?

A) ignore the province and go on its own to find an operator: 29 per cent B) sell them and use the money to build social housing elsewhere: 43 per cent C) turn them into well-appointed chicken hutches: 28 per cent This is not a scientific poll.

There’s no stopping Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision majority. Editorialists may bitch and developers may complain, but the city’s plans to populate those 252 Olympic Village housing units they own with a mixture of market and subsidized tenants is moving ahead. In fact, city manager Penny Ballem has confirmed they are in the process of cutting a deal with one of the three bidders who offered to manage various parts of that project; those would be the same three bidders that B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman turned down flat even before staff had the opportunity to complete the process.

As far as I can figure out, the only bidder that has been told their proposal is still in play at this point is the Co-op Housing Federation. Others may be added to the mix as the city gives up hope of provincial involvement and goes it alone.

But opponents of the prospects of social housing at the Village are turning up the volume; none more so than former NPA candidate and developer Michael Geller.

He has become a one-person crusade in his attempt to block social housing at this project and it isn’t the first time he’s done this. In the early ’90s, he convinced the city to set aside its policy of 20 per cent social housing at the very expensive Bayshore development.

Now he’s launching dire warnings about the economic impact of getting the wrong kind of people in your neighbourhood.

Here is how he explains it.

The population, he says, can be divided into five groups on a social and economic basis. It is a model, he tells me, that comes from his

allengarr days working at CMHC. There are As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Es. The As may be quite happy living next to Bs and Cs but if you put them next to Ds and Es, you’re just looking for trouble. The wrong kind of people will wreak havoc on the prospects for selling those high end condos.

I mean, you may not mind a D or an E mowing your lawn, but if you are an A would you want an E or a D living down the block, sharing the same coffee shop or pushing a cart around the same supermarket?

Geller is convinced that those Ds and Es won’t simply be poor. If, as he suspects but I highly doubt, the Portland Hotel Society gets a piece of the management action they’ll fill the space with their mentally ill and drug addicted clientele. And that would cause potential high-end A property buyers to disappear faster than a dime flap of heroin in front of the Carnegie Centre.

Geller’s solution: Sell the 252 units then take the profits and build social housing elsewhere on cheaper land. The problem is that profits would be negligible at best. The city’s portion of the project was budgeted at $65 million; it came in under a cost-plus contract at $110 million. Besides that, if you put those units up for sale (after upgrading them to entice buyers) you’ll flood an already over-supplied market.

That will further reduce the city’s chance of recovering their investment through sales of the rest of the project.

But never mind that. Once those 252 units are sold we won’t have the discomfort of all those As, Bs and Cs having to bump into Ds and Es as they make their way to pilates class at the community centre.

Fortunately Geller is going to lose this argument. The city is convinced it is socially and economically better to stay the course. For decades now, Vancouver has encouraged mixed neighbourhoods partly because they make healthier communities and partly because everyone has the right to live in the city even if they are Ds and Es. ••• Broadcaster and historian Chuck Davis was unable to attend the ceremony at city hall Tuesday to celebrate his contribution to the city. A proclamation from the mayor declared it “Chuck Davis Day.” But through Scott Anderson of the Vancouver Historical Society the ever-humble Chuck passed on his thanks with these words: “Aw shucks.” agarr@vancourier.com

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opinion TIME FOR NDP TO RAMP IT UP

Hey, Carole, here’s a speech I want to hear I’m not all that thrilled with the provincial NDP. But like a lot of British Columbians, I’m even less thrilled with the Liberal government. Now is the time for Carole James to capitalize on public rage against Gordon Campbell, and lean on the rhetorical wa-wa pedal. Here’s the kind of speech I think she should give: “When we look at the condition of our province, we have to ask ourselves, do we want more of the same from the next government? No. We want livable communities with proper health care and functioning social services. We want fair wages for our poorest workers, and reasonable compensation for our best and brightest.

These are not the values of laissez faire; these are the values of fair and lasting. These are the values of the Canadian brand of socialism.

“As in the lesson from children’s stories, where the scary thing under the bed turns out to be an ally, we need to move beyond childish fears that germinate in darkness. Instead of being scared off by the word ‘socialism,’ we should reclaim it. And celebrate it. Canadians fighting for socialist values gave us universal healthcare, the eight-hour workday, child labour laws—and yes, fast ferries. I believe the blockbusters of Canadian socialism far outweigh the blunders.

“I’m told that the polls greatly favour the provincial NDP over the Liberals. Gordon Campbell’s approval rating has shrunk to 12 per cent, three times worse than George W. Bush’s lowest point. Right now, you could run a sack of coal against the premier and the coal would win by a landslide. Yet the press keeps saying, big business will welcome you to their table, Carole, but only if you play along. Go to the middle.

“I’m not interested in being a waffling centrist. But I also know that no credible socialist leader can govern effectively without acknowledging the free market. That means respecting small business people, who should not have to suffer under an unmanageable burden of taxes, including the HST, which I will rescind.

But make no mistake—this does not mean a free ride for corporate monopolies. Over the past two decades, the tax burden has shifted from the powerful few to the productive many. And although much of this is at the federal jurisdiction, I will do what I can at the provincial level to create a fair and sustainable system. No

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geoffolson concentrated centres of power, from Howe Street to Wall Street, should direct our fate.

And that includes big unions.

“A new convention centre in Vancouver, costing a half billion dollars? A new roof for B.C. Place, with a similar price tag?

In a province with the highest child poverty rate, and the poorest postal code, in all of Canada? This is a scandal! So let’s not buy into any nonsense about how we can’t afford social services anymore. This province has no shortage of capital. It is awash in capital.

“Yet in Vancouver, we couldn’t even create affordable housing, let alone housing for the poor, without bundling it into a glitzy Olympic development that is hemorrhaging debt for the City of Vancouver.

We could have done far better than this. We will do better than this.

“I must add that I refuse to be cowed by the more strident voices in the local press.

I promise to use the Internet more effectively to get my message out if the media won’t. One NDP premier was hounded out of office on the pretext of a deck built by his neighbour. Over a deck! Although no wrongdoing was found, Glen Clark’s political career was over for good, because of the media equivalent of a drive-by shooting. And his successor, Mike Harcourt, was forced out of office on the pretext of misused charity revenue from bingo games. Over “Bingogate”! Again, no wrongdoing was found on his part, but the damage was done.

“I’m not interested in class war or the politics of division.

A healthy economy must be an ecosystem: a mix of capitalist enterprises, worker-owned businesses, cooperatives, and government-funded startups.

Not a monoculture crop, but a community garden—a garden tended by all of us, from the executive suite down to the street corner. And I have a few good ideas about permaculture. Just hand me the shovel, I’m ready to get to work. Thank you.” www.geoffolson.com

Spending $550,000 on annual border fees to keep a second daily Amtrak train to file photo Rebecca Blissett Portland is a no-brainer, according to a union leader.

To the editor: Re: “Heading to Portland? Leave the car at home… while you can,” Oct. 1.

I never thought I’d write a letter to a newspaper editor about a travel story but I guess there is a first for everything. While I appreciated reading the great overview by staff writer Michael Kissinger of his travels to wonderful Portland by train, I am still angered that the story of the second daily train being in danger of permanent cancellation is not getting more attention.

The addition of the second train over a year ago on the Cascades route has been a success story on many fronts, including pumping in over $11 million in our local

economy and reducing car travel, yet the Harper government appears to be doing nothing to save it. Seems like a no brainer to me—spend $550,000 for border fees and charges to get millions back into our city

by Americans spending their greenbacks.

You’d also think the report from the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University stating that the second train to and from Vancouver generates $1.87 million in additional Canadian sales tax and hotel tax revenues annually would perk up any politician. Come on Prime Minister Harper, don’t miss the train.

Paul Faoro President, CUPE Local 15

Clarification on pool renewal plan We want To the editor

Re: “Vancouver park board floats new outdoor pool idea,” Sept. 24.

Significant progress has been made over the last 10 years in advancing the long-term renewal of the park board’s recreational facilities.

Now that the board has built a number of community centres, pools and ice rinks, a staff report proposed to monitor participation rates as part of a recreation facility renewal study. This study will look at condition, usage and distribution of facilities, evaluate population patterns, integrate recreation demand and trend analyses, and align with long term park board and

city strategic plans. Funding will range up to $200,000. Due to the cost and expanse of this review, it will not be completed by 2011. It will become part of the 2011-2015 Capital Plan.

In approving the pool assessment at its Sept.

20 board meeting, the board proposed the completion of the pool portion of this review in order to determine potential pool projects for the next capital plan. The information will also provide pertinent information for the followup consolidated recreation facility renewal review to be completed within the next five years.

Loretta Woodcock, Park board commissioner

Will Heather hire low-income residents?

To the editor: Re: “Prodigious restaurateur feasts on Gastown revitalization,” Sept. 24.

Sean Heather must have a fair amount of business acumen to open all those enterprises in the Down-

town Eastside. I particularly like his quote, “I think there are a lot of people like me down here who realize you can’t be successful and survive in this environment unless you’re compassionate, unless you give

a shit.” If I had his ear, I’d ask him, “Will you be employing many low-income people from the Downtown Eastside in your establishments?”

Rolf Auer, Vancouver

Sports reporter’s work gets high fives

To the editor: Re: “Coaches cringe at antiquated aquatic centre,” Sept. 22.

I must compliment Megan Stewart on two stories. The situation with the UBC Aquatic Centre was sad to see as my family lived in West Point Grey for over 20 years and they would swim there in the ’70s. Your incisive story conveyed the direness of the situation as

expressed by Chad Webb. The second article on the switch of the Canadians’ affiliation from Oakland to the Toronto Blue Jays was full of interesting information and had quotes from a good variety of people, each with a different viewpoint on the benefits of the change.

Well done and keep up the good work.

Pat Karl, Vancouver

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Recommendations go further than AG’s plan

VPD chief pushes for civilian body for all police complaints Megan Stewart Staff writer

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Vancouver’s police chief is urging the provincial government to expand the mandate of a proposed civilian-led investigation agency to quell concerns of police bias and cut the spiralling costs of the police department’s professional standards unit.

“In terms of public perception, right now it just seems that you cannot dispel the negative public perception that sometimes arise,” said Chief Jim

Chu at a news conference Wednesday.

He said changes to the Police Act and a consequential rise in the number of complaints against officer conduct have led to an increase in the overall cost of investigating those complaints.

“Expanding the mandate of the [Independent Investigation Office] would not only improve public confidence in the investigation of allegations against police officers, it would allow every police agency to concentrate more re-

sources on investigating crime.”

The announcement caught a civil rights advocate and lawyer by surprise.

“This isn’t even something we were sure we could push for because we weren’t sure that police would accept it and we certainly didn’t think that police would be leading the parade,” said David Eby, the executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.

“It caught me off guard because I’m very used to police resisting the idea of civilian investigative bod-

Disagreements About the New Impaired Driving Laws

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nder the recently amended BC Motor Vehicle Act, blowing over the blood alcohol level of .05 leads to an immediate—at the roadside—3day loss of your driver’s licence, a $200 administrative penalty, a $250 licence reinstatement fee and, for repeat offenders, escalating consequences.

Cedric Hughes The police have the discretion to impound your vehicle for 3 days—longer if you are a repeat offender—and you will be liable for the towing and storage costs. Excessive speeders, excessive tailgaters, street racers, and reckless drivers also face, in addition to existing driver risk premium penalties and fines, immediate vehicle impoundment: 7 days for those travelling 40 kmh or more over the posted limit escalating to 30 or 60 days for repeat offenders, plus towing and storage costs.

BC’s Solicitor General justified these new rules on the basis of statistics showing a rise in impaired driving in BC, but cited annual averages of 133 fatalities and 3,000 injuries from impaired driving. The province, he said, has set a goal in honour of four year old Alexa Middelaer, who was killed by a drunk driver in Delta in 2008, to reduce alcohol-impaired driving fatalities by 35% by the end of 2013 which, taking into account projected increases in BC’s population should bring the numbers down to 94 average annual fatalities.

Excessive speeders were targeted because “speeding is the number-one contributing factor to motor vehicle fatalities. According to the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC), police catch about 10,000 excessive speeders annually.” The Solicitor General also said, “When someone gets behind the wheel of a car and drives drunk or speeds excessively, it’s no accident, it’s a deliberate choice.”

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But energized enforcement aside, many people are debating these changes. Responsible citizens are unclear about how many drinks they can have.

Many factors affect blood-alcohol levels.

Universal condemnation of drunk driving is Barrister & Solicitor tempered by concerns about unpersuasive statistical justification for the changes and the lack of due process—some see the changes moving us toward a “police state.”

Some suggest that the changes are merely “a money grab by the province.” Some call the changes “overkill,” “ridiculously overwrought” and needlessly aimed at responsible people and not the real culprits, the repeat offenders. Some say the fines and penalties are too punitive for low wage earners while “hardly a kick at all” for owners of “investment portfolios.”

The defenders say, “saving even one child’s life is worth it;” “a fine and an impound are harsh lessons, but far less than an early grave;” and “the new law is aimed at irresponsible drivers who “ judge themselves sober when they are impaired.”

Some offer alternative ‘solutions’: universal ignition interlocks, speed governors, and photo radar.

Some explore the new roles for public transit and the taxi companies. …Lots of debate and, hopefully, lots more road safety.

Whatever the immediate motivation for the legal changes might be, this is a trend that started in Europe, was inevitable, and is irreversible.

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ies. Having [the VPD] push to expand the mandate of civilian investigators is a new one. I’m speechless for once, actually.”

Chu is seeking to expand the scope and responsibility of the proposed civilian-led investigation office and open all complaints against municipal police to scrutiny, not just in-custody deaths and serious injury.

Currently, the Vancouver Police Department’s professional standards unit investigates all complaints and Chu’s proposal would eliminate the need for police to investigate their own.

The cost to operate the professionals standards unit has exceeded the projected tally. The 2010 budget was set for $1.7 million but has now been recast at more than $2.5 million, a rise of 46 per cent. This expense is up significantly from previous years when the cost to run the unit was $1.10 million in 2008 and $1.19 million in 2009.

In 2009, the Vancouver police received and investigated 241 complaints. As of July 14 of this year, Chu said that number had already doubled.

“There are more com-

plaints that are admissible under the new Police Act, and that’s a big drain on our resources.”

Chu said an additional seven officers, including “very experienced and expensive sergeants” were added to the unit, bringing it to more than 20 officers.

He said it is never a choice between investigating a crime and investigating a complaint. Instead, both are pursued.

“Every professional standards complaint is going to receive the full level of attention because we don’t want the perception that we’re trying to cover it up or that we’re trying to dismiss a public complaint,” he said.

Following recommendations from the Braidwood Inquiry after the death of Robert Dziekanski, the provincial attorney general announced the civilian-led agency in June.

The B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police expressed its support.

Mayor Gregor Robertson, who is also chair of the police board, supported Chu’s call to expand the mandate of the proposed agency. mstewart@vancourier.com

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Board chair Patti Bacchus, a Vision trustee, said she addressed trustees privately to tell them how unacceptable the leak was—if the news report was accurate. (Bacchus later emailed me to say her comments were not directed at Denike and Gibson, but to trustees in general.)

“It is particularly reprehensible that the alleged leak resulted in camera crews arriving at schools while students were there and principals had no information,” she wrote in an email to the Courier. “We have a very serious challenge on our hands that is also incredibly difficult and stressful for the communities—whether we end up deciding to close the schools or not. This is a time for trustees to live up to their obligations to put the needs of students first, not a time for cheap politics.”

Denike maintains the leak speaks to morale problems within the VSB. It also provided ammunition for political blogger Mike Klassen at Citycaucus. com, who took shots at the VSB and Vision trustees in a posting earlier this week.

Public consultation on school closures starts Oct. 25. noconnor@vancourier.com

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The shortlist includes Macdonald, Queen Alexandra and Carleton elementary schools, and McBride and Champlain Heights annexes.

On Monday afternoon, media arrived at some of those schools to interview parents and students before the report’s official unveiling at 7 p.m. that night.

Only senior staff and trustees had copies. “Two VSB trustees, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the list to CBC News,” according to the CBC in a story posted just after 4:30 p.m., Oct. 4.

Both NPA trustees—Carol Gibson and Ken Denike, deny being the source of the leak, although they feel accused.

Vision trustee Mike Lombardi said he wasn’t responsible either. COPE’s Allen Blakey was in Asia and didn’t attend Monday’s meeting.

His COPE colleagues, Jane Bouey and Allan Wong, deny it as well, as do Vision’s Sharon Gregson and Ken Clement. That leaves a possible staff member.

A lot of people had copies of the report over the weekend.

Lombardi told me trustees were advised on Sunday that confidential envelopes containing the report were in their mail slots at the VSB for pick-up. He refused to speculate on who would leak the information, but said trustees shouldn’t have confirmed it.

“I think those trustees who confirmed it really blew it.

They added to the problem,” Lombardi said.

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The leak sparked indignation at Tuesday’s school board meeting. I’m told Chris Harris, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers Association, called it disrespectful to teachers and the schools during the public question and answer period after the board meeting.

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Goal is to highlight region’s hidden housing crisis to senior levels of government

Metro website lets renters vent for housing Mike Howell Staff writer

Metro Vancouver has launched a website to bring attention to the region’s rental housing shortage with the aim of getting senior levels of government

to build more units that people can afford.

The website, dubbed Renters Speak Up, asks renters to share their stories to bring faces to what Metro Vancouver calls the region’s hidden housing crisis. One of Metro Vancouver’s du-

ties is to ensure affordable housing is available in the region.

“What’s been missing is the voices of renters,” said Vision Vancouver Geoff Meggs, a member of Metro Vancouver’s housing committee. “So the

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The plan is to have renters involved in a coalition of renters organizations, developers and others who understand the need for more rental housing but require senior levels of government to provide funding and a commitment to build units, Meggs said.

“There is just no new rental housing coming on,” he said. “We’ve probably done as much in the city of Vancouver as anyone could do at the city level. It’s an uphill struggle.”

Statistics indicate the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom in Metro Vancouver is $1,160, with 31,000 people paying more than half of their gross income on rent.

Many renters are one paycheque away from being homeless, according to Metro Vancouver, which combined its statistics with those from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Statistics Canada.

New immigrants, seniors, students and families with a household income of less than $45,000 are hardest hit in the rental housing crunch.

The 40,000 new residents arriving in the region each year adds to the demand where fewer than 650 rental units are built each year in the city and surrounding suburbs.

An entry from “James” from Vancouver on the website gives some indication why.

He wrote that he wants to buy a triplex or small apartment building but can’t find a property that he can break even on unless he puts down 50 per cent of the property value.

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even more expensive,” he wrote. “So the real estate prices are keeping this investor from supplying more rental units. I wish I could but I just can’t afford it.”

A study by the Carnegie Community Action Project released Sept. 21 revealed high rents in privately owned hotels are pushing out low-income people and “could be responsible for an increase in homelessness and for a lot of street vending and survival socalled crimes.”

The researchers surveyed 90 hotels and found the number of hotels renting rooms for $500 or more a month jumped from three in 2009 to 11 in 2010. Fifteen of the hotels charging higher rents had vacancies.

Wendy Pedersen, coauthor of the study, said the newly opened hotels purchased by the provincial government and the low-income suites at the Woodward’s redevelopment doesn’t make up for the number of units lost to closure and high rents. mhowell@vancourier.com

Himalaya travel show

Travel writer Michael McCarthy presents a multimedia show about his adventures in the Himalayas on Oct. 14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at GAP Adventures, 1965 West Fourth in Kitsilano.

Using slides and video clips, McCarthy will bring to life the mountain kingdom of Nepal and explain how he travels for free around the world using his cameras and keyboard. Enjoy a visual discovery of Kathmandu and Pokhara. Watch his 500-km trek over several 18,000-foot passes and his capture by Maoist guerrillas. Learn how he incorporates “meaning and purpose” into all his travels, and how you too can find ways to travel the planet using digital media. Free admission.

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At the heart of Tapestry’s philosophy is an absolute respect for personal choice, independent living and, of course, discreet support for residents who need it. Tapestry communities are also an integral part of vibrant, master planned communities such as Arbutus Walk and Wesbrook Village at UBC, so you’re always part of the neighbourhood.

Tapestry seniors’ communities are an exciting prospect for those who appreciate the most positive aspects of later life, who want to sustain their independence and make their own choices about how to live. And who enjoy the company of interesting, vibrant people like themselves. People like the Corcorans.

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Pap Awareness Week is Oct. 24-30

Women advised to get pap tests Jeremy Shepherd

Contributing writer

As Pap Awareness Week approaches at the end of this month, a Vancouver-based campaign is doing all it can to convince women that a momentary cold shudder is a small price to pay for something that might save their life.

From Oct. 24 to 30, women of all ages can get a pap test at 15 clinics or doctors’ offices in Vancouver.

The Live Aware Create Empowerment campaign began when the B.C. Cancer Agency decided it needed a new approach and an online presence to encourage young women to get pap tests.

Lizzy Karp, a writer and the outreach coordinator for the LACE campaign, is urging women of all ages, from teenagers who recently became sexually active to women in their golden years, to get tested at least once every two years.

“It’s the most effective prevention test,” she said.

Karp said part of the reason she works as hard as she does is because of the large number of misconceptions surrounding pap smear tests. Karp said she’s encountered women who don’t realize the importance of the tests, who think they can’t be tested because they don’t have a regular doctor, or who have a nightmarish vision of what the test really is.

“A lot of people get sort of grossed out by the idea of it,” she said.

When the patient is in the stirrups, the doctor inserts an instrument called a speculum into the vagina and collects a few cells from the patient’s cervix. Karp said from her own experience, the test is “really not that bad.”

After the test, the collected cells are ex-

amined for abnormalities or cancerous cells that could indicate cervical cancer.

Pacific Medical, located on Fraser Street, is offering pap tests during the week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. as well as on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Pacific Midwifery Practice, located in False Creek, hosts an evening of what it promises will be the most comfortable pap smears women have ever received on Oct. 28.

Karp said she’s reminded many women that doctors and nurses are trained to make the procedure as painless as possible.

This campaign is slightly different than previous years because LACE is putting more of a focus on men. Karp reasoned that a woman is more likely to get tested if someone in her life tells her it’s something she should do.

For Karp, who said she grew up in a slightly stifled environment, the ability to have open, public discussions about pap smear tests is nothing to take for granted.

“I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and there wasn’t a lot of open discussion about sexual health,” she said.

Karp said working for a campaign like LACE has helped her forge new friendships. But she said there’s a bigger picture involved.

“It’s about women educating themselves and feeling empowered,” she said.

To reach out to women, Karp said LACE is putting up posters, posting online videos, airing radio spots, tweeting to hundreds of followers and picking up friends on Facebook.

“We’ve gotten a lot of volunteers and donations on Twitter,” she said.

Part of their Internet campaign involves sending out anonymous annual emails to remind women when it’s time to get tested again. jshepherdcourier@gmail.com

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THE VANISHA FOUNDATION: helping children and families in need

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n 2003, when Stefan Grupp was born in New Westminster, he had so many health challenges that medical professionals told his parents to basically make him as comfortable as possible – he wasn’t expected to survive. Weighing just 1 lb and 5 oz and making his premature

STEFAN GRUPP IS ONE OF THE CHILDREN THAT BENEFIT FROM THE GENEROSITY OF THOSE WHO DONATE TO THE VANISHA FOUNDATION.

debut at just 23 weeks and 5 days old, Stefan was categorized as a “micro-preemie” with a list of complications that far outnumbered his 10 baby fingers and toes.

But Stefan did survive. And today, at seven years old and a slight 27 lbs, he’s come a long way, but he still has a lifetime of hurdles ahead of him. Stefan is not only deaf, he also can’t speak, eat with his mouth (he’s fed through a tube in his stomach), sit, crawl or walk. He requires care 24 hours a day, which he has received every day since he was born.

For the parents of a child with highly specialized needs like Stefan, caring for your child can be a marathon test of physical and emotional strength, necessitating great adjustment and sacrifice. For Erin and Holger Grupp, Stefan’s parents, after six years of managing, they knew they needed help.

Things were falling between the cracks – including their older son, 16-year-old Riley, and the health of the couple’s relationship. So they contacted The Vanisha Foundation.

The Vanisha Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the provision of medical services, equipment and treatment for children with a facial difference or disfigurement where medical funding may be limited or unavailable. And recently, the foundation expanded its helping hand to helping families with children, who are facing other issues, like the Grupps.

It all started in 2000, when a group of individuals learned about a nine-year-old

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girl from Abbotsford named Vanisha Dayal (after whom the foundation is named), who, after a life-saving surgery to remove a massive cancerous tumour on her face, required reconstructive surgery that could only be performed by a doctor in the United States. The price tag? A steep $150,000 that the Dayal family did not have.

“As an ad-hoc group and without any vision for a mission, our sole purpose was to raise funds for this one girl, Vanisha Dayal,” explains Michael Kumar, president of The Vanisha Foundation. “Within a period of six months, we had raised $150,000 for her reconstructive surgery and further follow-up surgeries as required. While the group of individuals involved was content with the accomplishment, they as a group wanted to continue to raise funds for other children residing in British Columbia. In the summer of 2000, the Operation Smile Because We Care Foundation [which was later renamed The Vanisha Foundation] was born.”

The Vanisha Foundation raises all its funds through events held throughout the year to raise awareness for the organization or its particular causes, says Kumar. And the events gaining momentum and getting the attention of those who want to ‘pay it forward.’ “Our inaugural Annual Charity Golf started in 2000 with only 44 golfers and raised $1,800 that year. Today, the event has 144 participants and raises in excess of $10,000,” he says.

In addition to helping qualifying individ-

ual families like the Grupps, the foundation also works with the Cleft Palate Craniofacial Division of BC Children’s Hospital, and has either raised money to purchase specialized equipment or donated funds, to date totaling $65,000.

After Erin contacted the foundation, her family qualified to receive financial assistance from the organization. She says the money does more than just pay for more help with Stefan – it has given the family balance.

“It’s given us a new lease on life, a little freedom to be like a normal family. We are a one-income family with a special-needs child. Because of the foundation’s support, I can have a break, pay for housekeeping, or do something as a family with our older son Riley.”

For this family, the gift of the foundation’s support is priceless.

As for the little girl named Vanisha, the namesake of the foundation and the one who inspired it all? She has just turned 21 and is studying to become a pediatric nurse, a professional choice that her mom Jaishree doesn’t think is a coincidence. “I think her early experience helped shape her career choice. From day one, that’s all she’s ever wanted to do.”

Now that’s paying it forward.

Support The Vanisha Foundation: If you’d like to volunteer or donate, visit www. thevanishafoundation.com.

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Happy Halloween!

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Have a spooooky and safe

Halloween Be Seen

If you’re planning on sending your children out trick-or-treating this year, ensure they are easily visible in the dark of night.

Reflective tape: Apply reflective tape to your child’s costume (front and back) and shoes. Just make sure that whatever layer is outermost gets the tape applied to it.

Give him/her a flashlight: It’s difficult to navigate an unfamiliar home’s yard and stairs. A mini-flashlight will help your child see where he/she is going and help prevent accidents.

Dress Appropriately

your imagination with the face paint.

Paints can be a lot more fun than masks because you can do whatever you want.

Leave unwieldy accessories at home. Anything that fills up your child’s hands and can be a distraction (think big swords) or possibly injure another child should be left at home.

Out and About

Kids should stay in lit areas and go to homes that are well-lit.

No treats should be eaten before an adult has inspected them. This is especially important if you’re the parent of a child with allergies.

Ensure your child’s costume fits him/her properly. Low flowing costumes that drag on the ground can be a tripping hazard. Nix the highheel shoes or footwear that is too big.

Your child may groan, but sensible footwear will make for a much more pleasant walk through the neighbourhood.

Walk safely, abiding by pedestrian rules (cross at the corners, checking traffic both ways before crossing; walk on sidewalks).

Choose face paint over face masks. Masks can obstruct vision. Use

Kids should travel in groups of three or more for safety. And if your

Never go inside the home of a stranger.

child is young (less than 10 or 11 years old), adult accompaniment is a good idea when trick-or-treating.

If your child is going out with a group, be sure you tell him what time he/she is expected home.

Watch for our Halloween Part 2 feature: Fri, Oct. 22

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Fore the children!

Three must-do Fall events for the family Stanley Park Ghost Train

Oct. 8 – 31

Get ready to be spooked at the Stanley Park Ghost Train, where every year, a new theme complete with a new set and characters, will rattle your bones. Dare to ride the miniature train ride, and then plan to visit the Haunted Children’s Farmyard. Don’t forget to wander through the lanes of Christmas displays and lights. Snacks and hot drinks will be available for sale. Tickets are $11 per adult and $7 for children and seniors.

Location: Stanley Park Miniature Railway (Georgia Street entrance, straight up Pipeline Road), Vancouver Ticket: 604-257-8531 or http:// vancouver.ca/parks/events/ghosttrain

UBC Apple Festival

Oct. 16 – 17, 11 am – 4 pm

Celebrate the apple at UBC’s Apple Festival, where families can learn all about apples and taste up to 60 varieties for $3.

For parents, many varieties of apple trees will be available for sale. Kids will love the children’s area where they can participate in kids’ activity stations. Enjoy the food fair

as well as the entertainment that buskers will provide. Admission is $2 per adult; free for children under 12.

Location: UBC Botanical Garden, UBC, Vancouver Info: 604-822-4529 or www. ubcbotanicalgarden.org/events

The Great Big Boo! Oct. 22 – 23

The Great Big Boo! is the ultimate musical show to celebrate Halloween with your family. It is a spectacular theatrical production comprised of a full stage musical, with special effects, original characters, high-energy dance numbers and a dynamic soundtrack.

Hosted by Sammy Jo Scarecrow, the show features a fantastical cast of magical characters. All seats $19.95 plus tax.

Oct 22 - 3:30pm & 6:30pm North Vancouver, Centennial Theatre Info: 604-984-4484, www.centennialtheatre.com Oct 23 - 11am, 2pm & 6pm Surrey, Bell Performing Arts Centre Info: 604-507-6355, www.bellperformingartscentre.com

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Seniors AFTER THE FALL

Once you reach a certain age, chances are, you are going to have a fall.

Whether it is caused by weakened bones that compromise your ability to stay upright, or is the result of an issue with balance and coordination brought on by medication or dizziness or dementia or any number of reasons – it’s likely to happen.

Not all falls are caused by issues related to aging.

People of all ages hit the ground due to mundane things like tripping over a cable, or a ridge in the sidewalk; slipping on really dangerous icy ground; being lurched while standing on a crowded bus, and so on.

Falling is a natural part of life. The difference is – when a younger person with strong, healthy bones falls down, they don’t usually break into pieces.

Many seniors can relate to the after-effects of a fall that causes fractures.

Being incapacitated, not being able to get around, waiting for a long time for replacement surgery or repair for hips, knees, spine, wrist…

notice it. Sometimes the first sign is a broken bone in your hip, spine, or wrist after a bump or fall.

As the disease gets worse, you may have other signs, such as pain in your back.

You might notice that you are not as tall as you used to be and that you have a curved backbone.

Osteoporosis Canada advises bone density testing for women age 65 and older. If you have a higher risk for fractures, it’s best to start getting the test at age 60.

Preventative Meds

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A corseted Melanie Talkington and Tallulah attended VIFF’s opening gala held at Rocky Mountaineer Station. The 29th edition runs until Oct. 15.

Nature’s Path founder Ratana Stephens and family put on Compassion into Action to support the Greater Vancouver and Richmond food banks.

Fred Five Sixty barkeep and UBC Opera grad DJ Calhoun will perform in the Vancouver Opera premiere of John Estacio and John Murell’s Lillian Alling Oct. 16.

UNLEESHED

Cioppino executive chef/owner Pino Posteraro and Cactus Club founder and CEO Richard Jaffray were inducted into the B.C Restaurant Hall of Fame.

Swish splash: John Evans and Bob Ledingham chaired and Melita and Lorne Segal hosted a cool pool party in their Southlands home benefitting the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.

At $1,000 a plate, 140 well-heeled guests enjoyed a fine Opuscatered dinner atop the see-through indoor pool. While attendees generated $350,000, an anonymous donation of half a million matched by the province saw the evening’s take soar to $1.35 million. The windfall will see services at the Dr. Peter Centre extended to seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Movie mania: Aspiring actors paraded the red carpet and took in the free booze and food at a plethora of parties heralding the 29th Vancouver International Film Festival. Women in Film & Television’s Martini Madness kicked off the social festivities, while director Richard Lewis’ Barney’s Version based on Mordecai Richler’s novel opened the celluloid celebrations. During the 17 days, 359 films from 80 countries will be screened.

A large helping of love: Twenty years and 1.75 million meals later, A Loving Spoonful marked two decades helping those with HIV/AIDS. Founder Easter Armas and executive director Lisa Martella welcomed 400 guests who came out to Five Sixty for the cabaret-style celebration. The non-profit currently provides nutritious meals to 300 adults and children who are primarily homebound with HIV/AIDS. Hear Fred Monday morning on CBC Radio One’s The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; email Fred at yvrflee@hotmail.com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown.

Lorne and Melita Segal hosted a $1,000-a-plate pool party in their Southlands home raising $1.35 million for the Dr. Peter Centre.

Linda Fillmore (Dean Malone), Tracey Bell and Peeka Boo (Edgar Sandulo) entertained at A Loving Spoonful’s 20th anniversary celebration.

Holt Renfrew president Mark Derbyshire welcomed fashionistas to the invitation-only unveiling of the new 1,900-square-foot CHANEL boutique.

Artisan sake maker Masa Shiroki, owner Lori Kataoka and executive chef Masahiro Omori feted their Shuraku Sake Bar & Bistro’s second birthday.

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1. Even though Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has vocal fans in Elvis Costello, Steve Earle and Daniel Lanois, has been covered by everyone from Feist to Michael Bublé, and consistently beautiful, down-in-the-mouth songs with few equals, the dude still can’t afford a washer and dryer. Love Shines follows Sexmith’s attempt to grasp the elusive brass ring by hiring mega-watt producer Bob Rock to helm his upcoming album. Both Sexsmith and Rock will be in attendance when the doc premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival Oct. 8, 9:30 p.m. at Granville Theatre. More info at viff.org.

2. Mount Pleasant multi-media artist Dana Claxton’s latest exhibit combines indigenous traditions with North American cultural signifiers from mukluks and ponies to Adidas track pants and Ford Mustang convertibles. New Work and Then Some is at Winsor Gallery (3025 Granville St.) Oct. 9 to 30, with an artist’s talk Oct. 9, 2:30 p.m. More info at winsorgallery.com.

3. Local-bands-done-good Japandroids (pictured) and Ladyhawk play a hometown gig with guests PS I Love You at the Rickshaw Theatre Oct. 9.

Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records and all Ticketmaster locations.

4. Showcasing the work of writers and artists under the age of 30, local publication Sad Mag celebrates its one year anniversary of making old people feel even older Oct. 9, 8 p.m. at the Cultch. More info at sadmag.ca.

kudos & kvetches One nation under Canucks

In case you haven’t been overcome by the deluge of radio and television broadcasts, towel power stories, thousands of 20- to 50-year-oldmen who wrongly assume wearing a hockey jersey in public is acceptable, special pull-out sections in both of Vancouver’s daily newspapers and the faint whiff of Swedish jock strap in the air, we’d like to remind you that the Vancouver Canucks 2010-2011 season has begun.

Of course we probably don’t need to remind you. Just like every year, after going cold turkey for two whole months, easily excitable Vancouver hockey fans, and the sportswriters who get paid to arouse them, have all but mapped out the parade route Lord Stanley’s beer-stained Cup will be following through the streets of Vancouver this spring. In addition to their regular Canucks-saturated sports pages, the Province produced a 36-page love-in called White Towel, with the subhead “Wait of the World: It’s been 40 long years. Can the Canucks finally deliver?” while the Vancouver Sun published a 16-pager with “Great Expectations” projected across the Stanley Theatre marquee.

It’s a lot to take in. But despite the familiar Q&As, behind-the-scenes reporting, player profiles, sizing up the competition and mulling over Vancouver’s chances, and determining what it will take to win, we felt there was still something lacking in the wall-to-wall coverage. Which is why K&K has been busy working on its own Canucks preview. Because we’re old school, we’re going to call it either Snepstsed Away, Rota Rooter, The Steamer, The Inevitability of Disappointment Awaits or Shane O’Brien is Like Icarus Flying Too Close to the Sun if the Sun Were Seven Shots of Jagermeister Bought Off a Scantily Clad Waitress at the Roxy. Besides a kick-ass name, K&K’s upcoming Canucks preview will be way more in depth, way more personal, way more groinobsessed. Topics we’ll be covering include: • GM Mike Gillis’s tips on looking cranky, exhausted and on the verge of a stroke.

• Using a Finnish translator and urologist, we’ll conduct a probing, sometimes uncomfortable interview with Sami Salo’s ruptured testicle.

• With so many redheads on the team, is the Canucks dressing room the least sexy in the NHL? • A colourful and engaging pictorial where we

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test the flexibility of various Canucks groins. Hint: Mason Raymond could have been a ballerina.

• Now that Shane O’Brien is gone, who is the best Canuck to party with?

• Secrets of Fin the Mascot: why he’s more than just a poorly paid man-child in a stinky orca suit who gets a surprising amount of action.

• Relationship advice with Garth Butcher.

• Veteran national anthem singer Richard Loney talks smack about lazy opera dude Mark Donnelly who sits on his ass while making the crowd do most of the singing.

• Do French Canadians say the funniest things, or is it just their cute accents?

• K&K’s resident oenophile, Rusty Merlot compares the equipment stink of various players using pretentious, hard-to-decipher descriptions such as “Dan Hamhuis’s jock strap is rich with leathery tannins, smooth mouth-feel, a nutty nose with a hickorysmoked chanterelle mushroom finish.”

• We know it’s only been a month, but what new endeavour is retired Canuck Trevor Linden involved with now?

• Three words: Cooking with Kesler.

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While retaining its pub feel, the St. Regis Hotel Bar & Grill delivers food that’s fresh, local and affordable.

The Way I See It Thurs, October 14, 8:00

Grub no longer a greasy word at some pubs

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Pub grub. At one time it was the most appropriate term, conjuring up visions of greasy fries and sloppy joe’s—afterthoughts of sustenance, whose sole purpose was to sop up the surfeit of excess beers. But, just as pubs are no longer the dark, smoke-stained beer halls of old, the food they once defined has also evolved.

One of downtown’s longest running establishments, the St. Regis Hotel Bar & Grill (Dunsmuir at Seymour, ph.

604-696-5558) has recently benefitted from a makeover that’s transformed the capacious lounge from a dingy haunt into a bustling and warm, brick and wood-toned heritage pub—with a polished kitchen to match.

Retaining that authentic pubby feel, putting good food on the menu that appeals to everyone from pre-game Canucks fans to business travellers, all the while keeping it affordable, demands a fine balance. To bump things up a notch and keep the focus fresh and local, St. Regis GM Jeremy Roncoroni brought in Canada’s Next Great Chef winner Laura Sharpe, who Roncoroni knew from his time at The Metropolitan Hotel.

The St. Regis yields some seriously decent eats, such as a trio of mini Yorkshire puddings, packed with thinly sliced top sirloin, smothered with a rich jus and sliced onions, plus horseradish on the side. Satisfying and flavourful,

it’s a near meal-sized serving, easily shared, for an appetizer price ($11).

Also worth checking out: the trio of barbecued pulled pork sliders delivers three generously open face Portuguese buns, piled with pork and onion in a tangy sauce, with crispy onion curls ($12), Ocean Wise fish and chips, and piping hot 12-inch square thin crust pizzas (also good for sharing). Want wine with that? There’s no shortage of by-the-glass picks, from a rarely found six bucks and up, as well as some of downtown’s most affordable bottles, and good draft on tap. We’ll be back!

Other noteworthy pub picks include Darby’s (2001 MacDonald at Fourth Avenue, ph. 604-731-0617), where chef Alex Rotheringham puts a refreshing spin on things, and The Whip (209 East Sixth Ave., ph. 604-874-4687). Go early for Real Ale Sundays, when they tap a

Mighty Bites: Fine dining deal of the week

• Taste of Yaletown (Oct. 13 to 31) offers a chance for warehouse district restos to strut their stuff. The promo is unapologetically borrowed from the successful Dine Out Vancouver (which was lifted from New York). Do some digging around the three-course menus on offer (ranging from $25 to $45) and you’ll spot a few deals. We’ll put our money on the Hamilton Street Grill’s Carpaccio, beef Bourguignon and gingerbread pudding, among other choices ($25), Hapa Izakaya’s beef tataki, spring salmon teriyaki, Dungeness crab and avocado sushi, and home made ice cream ($25), or Rodney’s “Surf ’n’ Turf for 2” at $45 a couple. Check out menus and reserve online at yaletowninfo.com.

Top Drops: Budget wine of the week

• Grooner With its catchy label, this smart wine lives up to its claims: of “Great with food, perfect for parties... and picnics too!” It’s lively, apple-toned and zesty.

At $16.95 (B.C. Liquor Stores) it’s a decent buy—and a whole lot easier to pronounce than Weingut Meinhard Forstreite Kremstal-Niederoesterreich.

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Completing your ensemble is all about the little touches. We choose some great accessories - hats, scarves, jewellery and bags - from Vancouver’s chicest shops.

Pure Essence: Spa treatments that use essential oils - what do they do, and what’s right for you. We unveil the secrets of scent.

Hockey 101: The season is on, are you a super-fan? Tips on knowing

special, different keg every week.

••• As everyone knows, there are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles. Which is why the Hired Belly works tirelessly to include chocolate in his daily research. During a lunch break at tiny but tasty La Boulangerie (845 Burrard between Robson and Smythe), I recently spotted a $2 giant chocolate chip brownie. It’s dense, smothered in white chocolate squares, impossibly rich and big enough to keep two adults on a sugar high for a week. All good. But the best news is this Lilliputian spot is tucked under the soaring facade of the Sutton Place Hotel—and the brownies come courtesy of the folks who put out the celebrated Chocoholic Buffet. Enough said. info@hiredbelly.com

• Mentally Prepared: Depression and anxiety can cause a multitude of issues, from work absenteeism to relationship destruction and worse. Experts explain what can be done to intervene. Plus: dealing with peer pressure.

• Fall Fitness: Ten things you can do this fall (and winter) to stay in shape. From ice skating to pole walking - we’ll have you on the move in no time!

the game; plus: what’s comfy but cute, to wear to the arena.

• Giving, with Heart: News on cancer fundraisers around the Lower Mainland.

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Lobby Hero’s serious issues get lost in laughter

Studio 58 grads save paradise and put on a show with The Park Lobby Hero

At Havana Theatre until Oct. 16 Tickets: 604.684.2787 ticketstonight.ca Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

I am still puzzling over why Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero didn’t grab me as it obviously did so many others.

Very savvy people are raving about this Dirty Manhattan Equity Co-op production.

It’s true the acting is terrific. Darren Herbert’s performance as William, the nitpicking, rule-driven captain of a security team, is sober and measured. In contrast to William is his subordinate, Jeff (Andrew Coghlan), a not-too-bright (although he uses “cavalier” and “ossified” in conversation) young guy who was thrown out of the U.S. Navy for smoking dope. As Jeff, Coghlan cheerfully bumbles through, then bungles his relationship with William. Noel Johansen, as

the beat cop Bill, is a suave scumbag—so slimy it’s hard to believe that Dawn (Loretta Walsh), the rookie cop that shadows him everywhere, could fall for him. Walsh is appropriately fragile and always at the point of tears until rage finally takes over. Under Kelly-Ruth Mercier’s very capable direction, these are four terrific performances.

Julie Martens’ set is goodlooking: a mid-range hotel lobby with a small, handsomely landscaped entranceway.

And it’s funny—mostly at the expense of puppy dog, eager-to-please Jeff but sometimes in response to Bill’s unbelievably inflated ego. (And why do we have a Bill and a William in the same play?)

At the core of Lobby Hero is a serious dilemma: when is it OK to lie? When William’s brother is arrested for killing a nurse during a drug heist and he asks William to provide an alibi, is it OK for William to lie? No. But what if the court-appointed lawyer is inept? And what if the

nurse was raped first?

Lobby Hero doesn’t get into these meaty bits for way too long and when it does, it lurches from hilarity to gravity and back to hilarity. Maybe life is like that, but there are some serious issues in this play that get lost in the laughter.

The Park

At Studio 58 until Oct. 17 Tickets: 604-684-2787 ticketstonight.ca

The Park is a highly polished, fun-filled musical written by recent (May 2010) Studio 58 grads Benjamin Elliott and Hannah Johnson, and current Studio 58 student Anton Lipovetsky.

Remember these names because this trio is on its way to musical theatre stardom.

What began as a one-act has been re-worked and expanded into a full-length musical, but under director David Hudgins guidance, it’s as fresh, green and restorative as a walk through Stanley Park, the subject of The Park.

Gabriel Fines (nastily,

Eco-warriors and developers fight over Stanley Park in Studio 58’s entertaining musical The Park. smoothly portrayed by Dustin Freeland) is the bad guy here; he wants to turn Stanley Park into a parking lot. Sweet but insecure parks board employee John (Joel Ballard) gets momentarily swept up by Fines but then gets swept away

by Geena (feisty Amy Hall-

Cummings), an eco-warrior.

Flirting around the edges is sexy Patricia (Kendall Wright). You won’t believe how hilariously Graeme McComb, as the “President of Vancouver,” channels Mayor Gregor Robertson.

The entire ensemble, wearing sometimes out-

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rageous costumes (think chickens) by Marina Szijarto, can sing and dance (with choreography by Kayla Dunbar) and entertain as well as any pros. Ballard will break your heart with his sweet voice.

The premise, I suppose, is silly; no one would level Stanley Park—would they?

But the music is so good— performed by Elliott, Lipovetsky and Spencer Schoening, the energy so high and the production so much fun, who cares if the premise is unlikely. Trees came down in Cathedral Grove to make way for additional parking, remember? And, if not a parking lot, more high-end condos for millionaires.

The Park has heart and Joni Mitchell lives on at Studio 58.

—JL

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Ryerson United Church, 2195 West 45th Avenue at Yew Street, Vancouver There are many excellent young choral composers around the world. In this concert the Vancouver Chamber Choir presents Damijan Moˇcnik (Slovenia), Ivo Antognini (Switzerland), Timothy Corlis (Canada), Evgeny Shcherbakov (Canada), Fredrik Sixten (Sweden), Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Finland), and David MacIntyre (Canada). Also the tuneful and rhythmic Caribbean Mass by Cuba’s Electo Silva; a new piece by the ever-impressive Eric Whitacre; Morten Lauridsen’s famous O magnum mysterium; and the amusing Weather Report by our favourite Brit - Bob Chilcott.

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Annual zine fair and festival of alternative culture returns to Vancouver after three-year hiatus

Print groupies help remount Canzine West State of the Arts

with Cheryl Rossi While magazines, newspapers and independent bookstores disappear faster than you can say iPad, for some artists, there’s something about the printed page that can’t be beat.

“As an artist, someone who likes aesthetics and stuff, I just find there’s a lot more possibilities, something they can hold in their hands, keep on their shelf, that just doesn’t get lost with the overwhelming digital age, something you can always have,” said Aaron Moran, co-creator of Smoke Signals Arts, a company that offers publishing and production services to those in the realm of arts and culture.

Moran, 24, will create an installation with Alanna Scott on behalf of OCW Magazine for the first Canzine West in Vancouver since 2006 on Oct 16. Launched in Toronto, Canzine is described as “Canada’s largest zine fair and festival of alternative culture.” The OCW installation will consist mainly of screen printing and wheat paste to reference contemporary forms of print.

Moran and Cholo Ancheta started Smoke Signals Arts last year.

They’ll wheel their sunny yellow cart that’s lined with green Astroturf and dubbed the Lemon Tree to sell Smoke Signal publications, zines from Europe, Ancheta’s handmade leather notebooks and audio projects at Canzine West.

Cholo Ancheta, Tracy Stefannuci, Aaron Moran and a yellow book and magazine cart dubbed the photo Dan Toulgoet Lemon Tree will be sharing the joys of print at Canzine West Oct. 16. “[Our] generation now wants to talk and there’s just no way of saying it,” 26-year-old Ancheta said.

“It might as well say it through art and just get out of the canvas, MEETin and Facebook and Twitter and just publish it. It’s like an exhibition on paper.”

Tracy Stefannuci, co-founder and editor-in-chief of OCW, a thriceyearly local arts and culture magazine, won the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from the B.C. Association of Magazine Publishers, which paid her way to Toronto for MagNet, Canada’s magazine conference, earlier this year. There, the 25-year-old went for a coffee with Hal Niedz-

viecki, founding editor and fiction editor of Broken Pencil, Canada’s magazine of zines, underground culture and the independent arts, and convinced Broken Pencil to remount Canzine West with her help.

“Other than Word on the Street, there really isn’t anything like that, and Word on the Street is still a very different audience and focus,” Stefannuci said. “Right now it’s just a really vibrant, active time. So many independent magazines have been popping up, there are a lot of people creating zines, there’s tons of arts and culture events in general, and I just thought it was really important to have one big event that brought

all of those different communities together to meet each other, swap stories about what they’re doing, share tips, build community in that sense, even awareness of each other, cross-pollination of audiences.”

Broken Pencil has hosted Canzine in Toronto since 1999, but the logistical challenges of coordinating a Vancouver event from the other side of the country stalled the local event until now.

Alongside more than 25 zine, independent magazine and newspaper vendors, including Poetry is Dead, Cinema Sewer, Colin Upton Comics, Ricepaper and Megaphone, poets and improv artists

will riff off each other for laughs, a burlesque artist will perform then pose for those who like to draw, and there’ll be music, readings, film screenings and visual art.

Broken Pencil will present Radical Readings from authors including writer, filmmaker and performance artist Amber Dawn and Can’t Lit fiction anthology reading contributors, including short-short story and poetry writer Kevin Spenst. Niedzviecki, author of The Peep Diaries, a book that explores self-exposure and voyeurism, will talk about peep culture.

Later, he and Kris Rothstein, a literary agent with the Swayze Agency, and publisher Brian Kaufman who founded subTerrain Magazine and has published more than 100 books under the imprint of Anvil Press, will take a minute to weigh in on two-minute pitches from wannabe published writers on the main stage in the 1-2 Punch Book Pitch. The winner gets a Broken Pencil prize pack worth $200.

OCW Magazine, which launched as One Cool Word in 2006, has asked artists across the country to create two-by-six-inch works that will be exhibited in The Bookmark Show.

There’ll be locally made crafts and vintage clothes for sale, colouring for adults and kids, and visuals mixed with sound by Sammy Chien.

Canzine West happens at W2 Storyeum, 151 West Cordova St. from 1 to 7 p.m. Admission is $5 and includes a fall issue of Broken Pencil magazine. For more information, see brokenpencil.com/canzine or facebook.com/canzinewest. crossi@vancourier.com

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JOB FAIR Tue. Oct. 12 & Wed. Oct. 13 from 10 am - 7 pm on site at our new store location 4255 Arbutus Street - Unit #170 DOLLARAMA, Canada’s largest and fastest growing Dollar Store chain has the following opportunities available in Vancouver.

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DEADLINES Boal Chapel Memorial Gardens and First Memorial Funeral Services Memorial Gardens invite you to an informative and educational OPEN HOUSE on October 16th from 10am to 4pm.

Tours of our beautiful, one of a kind cremation cemetery and our warm and modern funeral facilities will be conducted by our expert and experienced staff throughout the day.

We are proud to present Mr. Dan Bellan of Dan Bellan Design and Mr. Mark Vaughan of Vaughan Landscape Planning and Design as our guest speakers.

Mr. Bellan is one of only seven nationally recognized Certified Memorialists in Canada and is a regular contributor to “Stone in America”, the quarterly business publication of the American Monument Association. Mr. Bellan is the designer and sculptor of the “Pillars of Remembrance” proudly offered by Boal Chapel and Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Vaughan and his firm have been the recipients of the Asla Design Award on numerous occasions. Their projects include the master plan and the Howard Fetch Fountain for the University of Victoria, the original landscape architecture for Simon Fraser University, Concord Pacific Place on Vancouver’s waterfront, Jack Loucks Court in North Vancouver, David Lam Park, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Gardens, the Infinity, Discovery Square skytrain station, Sunlife Plaza, Park Place Plaza, and Nitobe Memorial Gardens at UBC. We invite you to come and stay to hear both of these informative speakers talk and answer any questions you may have concerning their area of expertise.

Lunch and light refreshments will be served.

Please call 604-980-3451 to reserve your seat.

Classified Deadlines

Wednesday, Oct. 13th, 2010

Display Ads Liner Ads

Thursday, Oct. 7th Friday, Oct. 8th

2:00 pm 4:20 pm

Our office will be closed Monday, Oct. 11th

604-630-3300

Ready to Tie the Knot?

Announce your engagement to family, friends & neighbours in one easy step!

Call

604-630-3300 to advertise

Drop in to our career fair on

Tuesday, October 12th 9:00 to 6:00 Paladin staff will be available at the BCIT Downtown Campus (555 Seymour, Room 280) for drop in interviews.

Please bring your resume with employment references.

If you are unable to attend, please forward your information to hrvancouver@paladinsecurity.com For further information on employment with Paladin Security visit

www.paladinsecurity.com

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010

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Class 1 License and Highway Tractor Required.

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Contact Ron @ 1-866-857-1375 Super Train Drivers

AIM FOR WHAT YOU WANT Do you have a disability or barrier to employment?

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Funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement

Unemployed?

Feeling stuck?

FREE Job Search Support for People with Disabilities and/or Chronic Health Conditions The EDGE Program IAM CARES Society 604 -731- 8504 info@iamcares.ca

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General Employment

BOOTUP LABS seeking experienced Python Software Engineer.

B.S in Comp. Science required. $65K per yr/ 37.5 hr/wk.

E-resume: danny@bootuplabs.com

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months.

If you’ve been looking for a home-based opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work.

Qualified applicants receive training, support and monthly remuneration.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home.

A child at risk is waiting for an open door. Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.ca

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Busy Optometric office in Tsawwassen is looking for an Optician or Optometric Assistant. This is a part time position at present leading to full time in early Spring. Salary will commiserate with skill level. Please send resume to hansen03@telus.net

1270 LABORATORY ASSISTANT

Acme Analytical Laboratories (Vancouver), a premier BC mining laboratory, is looking to fill various Laboratory Assistant positions in Vancouver. Must be able to handle up to 40 lbs as some heavy manual labor may be required. Experience in a lab environment an asset but training will be provided.

Starting wage of approximately $12 (combination of base hourly rate and daily production bonus).

Detailed descriptions of the various positions are available on Acme’s website:

www.acmelab.com

Interested parties should submit resume and cover letter by email as instructed on the website.

Personal Trainer Certification Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be avail. 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education.

Take Your Pick from the

HOTTEST JOBS

Medical/Dental

Office Personnel

Eurecanada Education Inc. seeks F/T Office Administrator - College Diploma required / 1−2 yrs of work exp. in a related field - Fluency in Korean and English - $21−$23/hr, 37.5 hrs/wk Fax: 604-684-3857 Email: eurecanada@hanmail.net

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

Looking for a New Career Direction?

Discover a World of Possibilities in the Classifieds!

CAREER CONFUSION?

General Employment

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Office Personnel

P/T DATA INPUT CLERK. Perfect for mom w school kids.

9:30-2:30, Mon- Fri, off when School closed or kids sick.

Fast, accurate computer input skills. Must be able to obtain security license. $12.50/hr.

Broadway & Granville. info@acmeprotective.com

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Trades/Technical

DCS seeking Concrete Finisher.

Compl. high school and min. 3 yrs of exp required. $26 hr/40 hr wk. e-resume: despinal@telus.net

Drywall Taper

Deep Drywall Ltd. a construction contracting company located at 491 East 63 Ave. Vancouver, BC is looking for a F/T Drywall Taper. Job duties include: applying finish, maintaining & restoring plaster on interior & exterior walls, ceilings, and building partitions to produce plain or decorative surfaces.

Starting salary $23.00/hr. Fax application to 604-324-9562 EOP CONCRETE Hiring F/T Cement Finisher. Must have: min. 3 yrs exp & compl. high school. $26.00 hr/ e-resume: eop_concrete@hotmail.com

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Education

1 DAY COURSES – ONLY $62 BEST VALUE GUARANTEED Classes Every Sat, Sun & Monday Taught by Certified Public Health Inspectors ADVANCE Hospitality Education BC’s #1 Foodsafe Choice

www.advance-education.com

604-272-7213

DO YOU LOVE WINE?

Enrich yourself & become truly wine confident in wines of the world in one enjoyable evening with French Wine Consultant, Paul Louis.

We bring the course to you!

Tel: 604-940-1762 www.paul-louisconsult.com

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Call 604.630.3300 to Advertise

Education

FOODSAFE 1 DAY COURSES Guaranteed best value!

Six Metro Vancouver Locations: Vancouver • Burnaby • Surrey • Richmond • Coquitlam • Maple Ridge All our Instructors are also working local Health Inspectors!

Classes held each week & weekend! Course materials available in 6 languages. Same-day Certification. Visit our website at www.foodsafe-courses.com or call 604-272-7213 ADVANCE Hospitality Education – B.C.’s #1 Choice for Foodsafe & WorldHost Training.

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL

Train on Full-Size Excavators, Dozers, Graders, Loaders. Oil Field Tickets. Provincially Certified Instructors. Government Accredited. Job Placement assistance. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

vancourier.com • classified.van.net

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Education

Medical Office Trainees Needed!

Doctors & Hospitals need Medical Administrative & Medical Office staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Training & Job Placement is also available.

1-888-748-4126

Personal Trainer Certification

Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer.

Government Financial Aid may be available.

604-930-8377 Hilltop Academy

Upgrade your skills.

Find education training in the Classifieds.

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Music/Theatre/ Dance

Cheryl Carruthers’ Piano Studio B. Mus. U . Toronto, 3 yrs Vienna, BCRMT. 21 yrs exp. Accepting students, all levels. 604-732-3602 www.ccpianist.ca IN HOME OR STUDIO LESSONS Piano, Theory & other instruments.

Allegro Music School 604-327-7765 LEARNING IS fun when free of negative reinforcement. Training & exp. Call Tyler 604-874-3325 PIANO LESSONS- ALL LEVELS Bernard Duerksen, M.Mus. 30 yrs exp. West side. 604-605-0962.

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Tutoring Services

ENGLISH/HISTORY TUTOR for high school/uni students. Quals: BA McGill, Eng. Lit. Honours; BEd Ottawa U. Grammar, essay writing, MLA, APA, Shakespeare, etc. Flex. hrs. Will travel. Contact Ms. Boyer 778-996-6153.

FOR THE BEST Elementary & Highschool Tutor Call 604-322-3909 HELPFUL MATH TUTOR Phone: 778-866-8877 Web: http://m101m.org QUALIFIED TUTORS in your home $32/hr. All subjects. All levels. www.pdplustutors.com or call Angela at 604-421-6101

★COMPUTERS★

Experienced Insulation Installers, Foam Sprayers and Fire Stoppers required. Vehicle required. Top rates paid.

Fax brief resume to 604-572-5278 or call 604-572-5288.

COMPUTER LESSONS FOR 50+ $30/hr Fall Special $210 /8hrs.

Call Sol at 604-266-2414 Website: www.easypc.ca

15,000 jobs.

Job Listings From A-Z

From advertising executive or banker to x-ray technician or zookeeper, you'll find it in the Employment Section.

5th Floor 5750 Oak Street (at 41st Avenue)

Funded in whole or part through the CanadaBritish Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement

We Offer: • Health Benefits • Company Pension • Dedicated Fleet Managers • Pre-Planned Dispatch

EDUCATION

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YWCA Employment Resource Centre

CALL 604.263.5005 ywcajobseeker.org

SPACE BOOKING For: VEDDER TRANSPORT Rep: TAgrios Ad#: 1271702

EMPLOYMENT Career Services/ Job Search

Need ideas? We can help.

FREE job search and training assistance for men and women

Call Ron at 1-866-857-1375 Visit our website @ www.canamwest.com

“Funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement”.

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Unemployed? Working less than 20 hours per week?

Try one on for size.

Call our East Vancouver Campus (604)

251-4473

www.sprottshaw.com

Search over 15,000 jobs on working.com and find that job that best fits you.

F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 8 , 2 0 1 0 T H E VAN C O U V E R C O U R I E R

3508 2060

For Sale Miscellaneous

BOWFLEX TREAD Climber, 2 yrs old, only used a dozen times.

Moving must sell. Paid $2500, selling for $1200.

Call 604-626-4122 Aldergrove

Children’s Activities

3025

SCOOTER, FORTRESS almost new, w/battery, & Sony laptop brand new 604-261-6028

UBC RESEARCH

Vision Laboratory at Children’s Hospital needs volunteers (4-12yrs) with good vision and hearing for a study on visual perception. Study involves computer games. Honorarium paid.

Call Jenn at 875-2345 x 7853

SLATE POOL table, 4ftx8ft, exc condition, $500. Call 604-224-0492

Fuel

3507

#1 in Sales • 27 yrs in business Full & half cords 7days/week

Cats

604-805-6694

FLAT FACED Persian/Exotic kittens. Call 604-277-7059.

TOP KNOT FIREWOOD est 1981 Dry Alder, Birch & Maple. Pick up or delivered. Rod 604-985-7193

RAGDOLL & Russian Blue Kittens, 6 wks, 1st st & wormed. SL & BL pt. $250 up. 604-581-2544

BERNESE MOUNTAIN Dog puppies. European lines, vet checked,shots,dewormed,1yr health guarantee.$1200 604-823-0097 BOXERS, CKC, show champion lines, 9 flashy brindle males, ready Nov 12, 604-987-0020 CHIHUAHUA PUPS, 8 wks, PB, F/M, ready to go. Vancouver. $580 obo. Call 604-325-2639

DACHSHUND-BICHON PUPS, non shed/allergic, vet checked & shots. small. $500. 604-820-9396

Furniture ★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

604-724-7652

3508

Wanted to Buy

Dogs

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com

Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. (no text books/encyclopedia) I pay cash. 604-737-0530

SHIH TZU BIJON pups, 1st shots, dewormed, ready, family raised, non shed, $575 firm. 588-5195

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Pet Services

LUXURY PET HOTEL @ YVR airport because your pet deserves a vacation too! 604-238-Pets (7387)

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4 CUTE Maltese/Chiha/Terrier pups born Aug 5 1st shots $425 778 888 4177

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Auctions CAN-AM

NEXT YARD AUCTION: October 30, 9am

AUCTIONS

Industrial, Construction, Forklifts, Farm & Turf Equip., Fleet Trucks & Trailers, Lumber, Boats . . . see web for more! Cars, RVs & Trucks, 9am Start!!

Located in Langley just minutes from Vancouver WE WELCOME INDUSTRIAL SMALLS.

6780 Glover Rd., Langley, BC • Phone: 604-534-0901 www.canamauctions.com

EDUCATION Get in. Get Out. Get Working.

JENNY - Lab Ret/Kelpie X/large/ young/female. Loves hugs & toys, energetic, boisterous with other dogs. Wary of new strangers /situations & will fear bark, blooms with consistent handlers, a rural quiet home is best. Visit the dogs at Vancouver Animal Shelter 1280 Raymur Ave 604-871-6885.

LOOKING FOR forever home. 3 Jack Russell pups, family raised, 1st shots, dew claws, de wormed, 2 M, 1 F, $500 604-721-8371 YORKSHIRE TERRIER, 7 mo, spayed, under 3 lbs fully grown, $1600, papers, 604-940-4485

Registered Massage Services

SWEDISH BODY MASSAGE & WAXING

$45/hr. $109 Head to toe pkg. $78/2hrs Body + Facial or Waxing pkg.

Brazilian Waxing from $35

3482 Main St. Van 604-376-1686

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of EMIL EGLI, Deceased formerly of Vancouver, B.C., are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor c/o of his solicitors McLellan Herbert, #310 -800 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2V6 before the 29th day of October, 2010, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which they then have notice.

Hugh S. McLellan, Executor By: McLELLAN HERBERT Barristers & Solicitors

Metaphysical

LOVE! MONEY! LIFE! #1 Psychics!

1-877-478-4410 CreditCards/Deposit $3.19/min 18+ 1-900-783-3800 www.mysticalconnections.ca

Lost?

Found~

in the Classifieds!

CANADIAN HEALTH CARE ACADEMY

Health Care Attendants and Community Health Workers have an important contribution to make to BC’s Health Care system.

The HCA program at Sprott-Shaw is current and relevant to the complex and changing health practice settings in which graduates will work.

Career Opportunities: Child & Youth Care Worker, Women’s Shelter Worker, Family Place Worker, Teen Pregnancy & Parenting Counsellor, Settlement/ Newcomer’s Service Worker

• SMALL CLASS SIZES • MONTHLY INTAKES • FINANCIAL OPTIONS • CAREER FOCUSED PROGRAMS • FREE LIFETIME UPGRADING • JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE

(604)

Call our East Vancouver Campus

251-4473

www.sprottshaw.com

★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

6008

Condos/ Townhouses Coquitlam

COQ/BBY, CORA Tower. Brand new, 1000+sf, 2 BR, 2bth, appls, Gym, Media, 2 sec prkg. Near SFU/skytrn. Dave 604-787-1413

6008-30

6008-36

Surrey

Vancouver West Side

Great Location! Great Price! #207 - 2080 Maple, 1 BR, See www.kitsbeachcondo.ca

Includes: Crisis Prevention Management & Palliative Care

Community Support Worker/Social Services

Real Estate Services

6005

RENTAL INCOME guaranteed for 1 year! 1 BR, granite, S.S. appl, W/D. Located in Lower Mainland’s fastest growing community. $194,900. Kathy Taylor, Pilothouse Realty, 604-377-1694

(Formerly Resident Care Attendant Program)

Information Session October 12th 6-8pm

Dreaming of a New Home?

Unclaimed vehicles will be sold by sealed bids:

(1) 2000 Chevrolet Venture s/n 1GNDU03E6YD206125, r/o Wilson Elmer to recover $3517.85; (1) 2000 Ford F150 s/n 2FTRX17W5YCA31378, r/o Lee Richard James to recover $6367.50; (1) 1996 Toyota Corolla s/n 2T1BA05E8TC136218, r/o Bender Victor Peter to recover $3782.45; (1) 2002 Pontiac Sunfire s/n 3G2JB12472S228100, r/o Balmer Ryan John to recover $4950.49; (1) 2005 Honda Civic s/n 2HGES168X5H034499, r/o Christina S Lynch to recover $7581.35;(1) 1995 Jeep YJ s/n 1J4FY19P1SP223967, r/o Vincent Michel Philippe to recover $6714.00; (1) 1999 Honda Civic s/n 2HGEJ6424XH000673, r/o Dalton Dean Peter to recover $5526.71; (1) 1992 Toyota Camry s/n JT2SK11F3N0011084, r/o Robinson Catherine R to recover $10302.47;(1) 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier s/n 3G1JC12492S113886, r/o Hargreaves Geneva Bronwyn to recover $6766.55; (1)1990 Toyota Camry s/n JT2SV22F2L0332252, r/o Sawatzky Adriano to recover $8970.54; (1) 2008 Chevrolet Malibu s/n 1G1ZH57B68F159627, r/o Rolak Miroslav to recover $8457.05; (1) 1988 Mercedes 300SL s/n WDBCA25D5JA368783, r/o Kayes John Main to recover $11396.37; (1) 1995 Jeep YJ s/n 1J4FY49S1SP274312, r/o York Brian Stephen to recover $3679.55; (1) 1996 Toyota Celica s/n JT2DG02T6T0037264, r/o Stoof Cody to recover $5355.35; (1) 1998 Honda Civic s/n 2HGEJ6325WH008216, r/o Mungaroo Rohith to recover $9255.54; (1) 1992 Honda Civic s/n JHMEG8644NS806296, r/o Sampson Russell Warren to recover $6577.59; (1)1997 Nissan Altima s/n 1N4BU31D1VC174560, r/o Cruz John Nel Santiago to recover $6580.95; (1)1990 Honda Accord s/n JHMCB7663LC819808, r/o Llagas Darwin Roger to recover $8947.97; (1) 1998 Honda Accord s/n 1HGCG2252WA801353, r/o Keable Kimberly Valentine to recover $6067.20; (1) 2001 Chrysler Neon s/n 1C3ES46C11D293303, r/o Bishop Leanne Richeale to recover $6590.15; (1) 1992 Toyota Tercel s/n JT2EL43E7N0177687, r/o Yam Tammy Shuk Yee to recover $7757.00; (1) 1988 Nissan 300ZX s/n JN1CZ14S8JX200639, r/o Nguyen Dong Van to recover $6546.05; (1) 2002 BMW 540I s/n WBADN53472GF70036, r/o Smith Vincent Boyce to recover $17238.68; (1) 2003 Mercedes E320 s/n WDBUF65J73A250949, r/o Duddek Wolfgang Siegfried to recovery $13118.57; (1) 2004 Mazda 3 s/n JM1BK12FX41101394, r/o Yung Allan to recover $11315.08; (1) 1996 Dodge 2WHDR s/n 3B7MC33C0TM183496, r/o Doell Shane Jeremy to recover $8055.86; (1) 1996 Volvo 850 s/n YV1LS5109T3326850, r/o Kennedy Blaise Sutton to recover $3297.35; (1) 1995 Volkswagen Passat s/n WVWCE83A4SE001109, r/o Harvey Steve Leigh to recover $3021.55; (1)2007 Pontiac Montana s/n 1GMDV03157D106904, r/o Fong Raymond Elliott to recover $6654.97; (1)1992 Chevrolet Lumina s/n 2G1WN51X4N9156729, r/o Miller Rachel Line to recover $6945.00; (1) 1994 Ford 4WHDR s/n 1FTEF14Y3RLB09493, r/o Fortin Shane Cameron William to recover $4109.37; (1) 1986 Jaguar XJ6 s/n SAJAL1244GC442436, r/o De Chavez Editha Verdadero to recover $8967.58; (1) 2000 Ford Windstar s/n 2FMDA5347YBB39090, r/o Quiroz Lopez Jose Alberto to recover $4546.51; (1)1997 Nissan Pathfinder s/n JN8AR05Y8VW177316, r/o Penna Jeffery Wallace to recover $10691.54; (1) 2008 Chevrolet Colorado s/n 1GCCS399688184268, r/o Dhillon Prithpal Singh to recover $7673.82; (1) 2004 Ford Ranger s/n 1FTYR44E54PB04728, r/o Dunster Logan Paul to recover $8289.64.

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Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

uSELLaHOME.com

$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $99,900 597-8361 id4714 Harrison Hot Springs immaculate 1650sf 3br, 2ba rancher $389K 604-796-3531 id5222 Langley parklike acreage w/2 homes, 1 with suite, barn, $1,495,000 857-9093 id5238 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $440Kobo 722-3996id4694 Maple Ridge executive 2446sf 4br 3.5ba tnhse, fabulous view $423K 467-0275 id5226 Mission, Owner Retiring, profitable framing store & gallery $47,000 826-7993 id5176 Mission acreage secluded 2325sf 4br 3ba home 2.33 ac lot $589K 820-7222 id5225 New West updated new kit etc. 670sf 1br condo, pool $158,500 778-397-0508 id5230 Poco immaculate 1790sf 3br 2.5ba end unit tnhome $424,900 778-554-2263 id5241 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $479,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Newton 1600sf 4br 2.5ba w/2nd 2br home in back, LUC lot, $479K 825-3280 id5231 Sry Sullivan Hts like new 3245sf 6br 4.5ba with bsmt suite $589K 604-618-0052 id5242

★ ALERT: WE BUY HOUSES ★ Foreclosure Help! Debt Relief!

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We Offer Quick Cash For Your House

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Houses - Sale

6020-08

Coquitlam

COQ: 1980 Cape Horne, VIEW! 3 BR DUPLEX, dbl garage.

National Home Warranty. $499,900. Sale By Builder.

604-522-3100 or 604-941-2444

6020-34

Surrey

N. SRY, Immac 2 BR, 1 bath, 534 sf. 6000+ lot. Move in or rent. Cls to Elem schl/skytrain. $239,000.

604-309-1888 Prudential Realty

6030

Lots & Acreage

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT, New Westminster. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. No HST! $324,888. Call 604-726-0677.

6035

Mobile Homes

Damaged Home! Older Home!

Difficulty Selling! Call us first!

No Fees! No Risks! 604-626-9647 www.webuyhomesbc.com * ATTENTION * WE BUY HOUSES WE CASH YOU OUT FAST!

We Also Take Over Your Payment Until Your House Is Sold. No Fees! No Risk!

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On October 23, 2010 ALL TECH TRANSPORT Ltd. dba Busters Towing located at 104 East 1st Ave., Vancouver, B.C., will claim possession of the following vehicles under the Warehouse Lien Act. Any person(s) with claim to these vehicles should contact Kyle Schrump at (604) 871-9452.

REAL ESTATE 6008-08

New Start Date Nov. 15 REGISTER NOW

Health Care Assistant Program

NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of John Henry Weatherall, Deceased, late of 3626 Wellington Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5R 4Z3 who died on the 3rd day of September, 2009, at Vancouver, British Columbia, are hereby required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned at 510 - 1040 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4H1, on or before November 5, 2010, after which the attorney for the Estate will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the attorney then has notice.

Carolyn M. Coleclough, solicitor for Michael John Jefferson, administrator by attorney for the Estate

Try the Best 604-872-1702

4060

Garage Sales

2020

LEGALS 5505

MINI DACHSHUND. Long hair. cream, Vet ✔, 1st shots. Health guarantee. $1000. 604-538-5433

DOBERMAN PUPS. Female/ Male. Tails/dew claws done. Blk/ tan. $1000-$1500. 604-607-7433

CARROLL HOMECARE bed, fully electric, almost new (used 1 mo.). Incl. twin mattress worth $600. Pd $3200. Asking $2200 obo. Call 604-988-5874.

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Dogs

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Alder • Birch • Maple Dry, Clean Hardwoods

2075

3508

4 PUG puppies. 3 Fawn- 1M, 2F. 1 Black M. Vet checked, dewormed, 1st shots. Ready to go Oct.11. $750. 778.389.6425

* * BOOK NOW!! * * An overseas live-in Nanny for 2010 placement. 604-682-4688

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837. www.thecoverguy.ca

2070

Childcare Available

3015

Dogs

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Call us First! 604-700-4419

• DIFFICULTY SELLING?•

Expired Listing? No Equity? High Pymts?

#86 - 7850 King George Blvd, Sry. 2 BR. 55+ years old. 1 pet ok! $37,900. Lorraine Cauley, Royal Lepage North Star, 604-889-4874

Need a New Place?

We Will Take Over Your Payment

Until We Sell Your Property. No Fees.

Call Kristen today (604) 786 - 4663

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

❏ WE BUY HOMES ❏

Check the Real estate section.

To advertise call 604-630-3300

Any Price, Any Condition Any Location. No Fees! No Risk !

(604) 435-5555 OR (604) 786-4663

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

Find one in the Classifieds To advertise call 604-630-3300

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010

GARAGE SALES

5040

Business Opps/ Franchises

#1 JANITORIAL FRANCHISE Customers, (Office Cleaning), Training and support. Financing. www.coverall.com 604-434-7744 info@coverallbc.com HOMEWORKERS NEEDED!!!

Full/Part time positions available Will train. On-Line Data Entry, Typing Work, E-mail reading, PC/ Clerical Work, Homemailers, Assembling Products. HURRY, SPOTS GO FAST! www.

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5060

(at Argyle)

Fri, Oct 8th, 5 to 7 pm Sat, Oct 9th, 9am - 12

#1 IN PARDONS Remove your criminal record.

Express Pardons offers the FASTEST pardons, LOWEST prices, and it’s GUARANTEED. BBB Accredited. FREE Consultation Toll-free: 1-866-416-6772 www.ExpressPardons.com

K-CPPCS

FALL BAZAAR Sat, Oct 9 10 am to 3 pm Victoria Dr. Hall 2026 East 43rd Ave

H - WILSON HEIGHTS ★ THRIFT SALE ★ 1634 East 41st Ave

Legal Services

Baking, household, pet supplies & Misc. Raffles. Proceeds to help pets. Hot Dog sale. Volunteers.

TAPESTRY THRIFT SHOP

1369 Kingsway (just west of Knight St) NG • Furniture • Houseware HI • Books • Knick Knacks SOMEFTOR NE! YO • Jewellery • Accessories ER AT V !

E E • Clothing for Women, Men GR ICES PR and Children

5075

Mortgages

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7005

$38 Relaxing Massage

Massage, Facial, Nails, Waxing

RELAXING MASSAGE very clean/private. 9am-11pm, 7days, D/town & Kits. Anie 604-684-8773

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Accounting/ Bookkeeping

Corporate Tax Returns $225 +up $20 and up for personal tax.

Monthly bookkeeping $20 hr +.

Specialize: construction; sm bus. accounting. Trevor 604-788-0396

One call does it all...

604-630-3300

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Financial Services

604-739-3998

A.S.B.A ENTERPRISE Comm/ Res, Free Est, $20/hr incls supplies, Insured, 604-723-0162 Butterfly Cleaning Inc. ‘‘Moving out, Home & Office’’ Bonded, Prof & Affordable. 604-781-4374 CLEANING SERVICE. Reas rates, specializing in homes. Guar work. Refs avail. 604-715-4706 DOMESTIC CLEANING & Light Janitorial, $25/hr. Res/Comm.

Bonded. Call Paul 604-325-0097 EXP CLEANING ladies avail 7 days/wk. Bonded. Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond 604-928-0025 EXPERIENCED HOUSECLEANER with over 15 years work experience.

Basic Residential Cleaning Only.

3 hrs minimum. Eva 604-451-3322

Avoid Bankruptcy, Stops Creditor Calls. Much lower Payments at 0% Interest.

We work for You, not Your Creditors.

7010

Personals

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8060

Concrete

CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

6508

Apt/Condos

2 BR +office, large bright, 2 bath, quiet bldg. South Granville, 2 blks to VGH, wood fp, balc. hardwood, stainless, ns, np, prkg, $2400/mo or lease, refs. 604-739-1414

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Updated Studio & 1 BR Apts.

Rental Incentives Offered.

Rent includes heat and hot water.

CALL (604) 438-4544

GEORGIAN TOWERS 1450 WEST GEORGIA ST.

Heart of Downtown, easy transit access. Large gym, laundry on every floor, dishwashers in all suites, in/outdoor parking.

RENTALS 604-669-4185 rentals@capreit.net www.caprent.com

Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: The accent continues on relationships – and opportunities. Last summer’s taste of luck and freedom will return as a full meal the first five months of 2011. But until then you have a number of duties – at least two major ones – to clear up. These are not mere “chores” – they entail an obligation, a social or sacred trust. They likely involve a legal, love or international affair, or a religious, intellectual, educational or publishing matter. Clues, reminders come Sunday to Tuesday. Be ambitious, reliable midweek, but don’t seek agreement. Social delights, love, happiness Friday/Saturday!

Taurus April 20-May 20: Two weeks remain of drudgery and health concerns. Soon you’ll be free to give your full attention to the social and romantic hints you’ve been picking up, and the opportunity of these will last until then. Meanwhile, knuckle down to work. Sunday’s social and intriguing – perhaps with someone ”higher up.” But this eve and Monday/ Tuesday bring heavier themes: sex, intimacy, privacy, research, finances, commitment. (Don’t feel you have to commit, though.) Understanding, a mellow mood enters midweek. Be ambitious Friday/Saturday: prospects look good for a new project.

Gemini May 21-June 20: The emphasis remains on romance, creativity, risk and reward, pleasure, beauty and charming kids. This isn’t the easiest week, but there are no major obstacles, either.

Tackle chores Sunday a.m. – clear the decks for some evening explorations, bids or opportunities.

Partnerships and marriage haven’t been easy since 2003, and won’t be this autumn/winter – nor Tuesday p.m. But next March starts eight years of peace, harmony, friendliness and interest in relationships.

Loneliness will flee! Be patient, flexible until then.

Depths, mystery, sexual and financial attractions mid-week.

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Cancer June 21-July 22: Home, family, security are still of prime importance. And romance, creativity, charming kids, pleasure, beauty, speculative risks still run a close second. A “prodigal child” might return in the next three months. Sunday morning, mid-day are romantic, in a friendly but sexy way. Tackle chores this eve to Tuesday. You’ll get a lot done – but watch safety Tuesday eve. Relationships erect barriers Wednesday/Thursday, so be diplomatic. It’s nothing major. Sexual urges, financial inspirations/hunches, life’s depths and mysteries arise Friday/Saturday.

Invest passively, pay debts. Research!

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: What’s slow is difficult; what’s quick is easy. In the house, with family, be flexible, long-suffering, affectionate. Outside the house, follow your curiosity – it can lead you to valuable information, even to new friends. (Now to next March, you might make a friend who is surrounded by, or has an element of, mystery. This person can offer nuggets of little-known information, but don’t follow his/her advice about money or business.) Rest early Sunday.

This eve to Tuesday brings romantic urges — and insights. Tackle chores midweek. Exciting meetings, fresh horizons Friday onward!

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Chase money. Buy/sell, seek new clients, ask for a pay raise or extra hours (especially Friday/Saturday). Generally this is an easy, sensual week. Sunday morning’s very friendly. Both opportunity and opposition occur Monday/Tuesday – say yes to real estate, security, home, no to health or work themes. Romance, pleasure, sports, creative projects and charming kids fill Wednesday/ Thursday – nighttimes best, mid-afternoons worst.

Tackle chores Friday onward. A former opportunity returns to you now to mid-November. Be ready to “work it” December/January. Might involve property, relocation.

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Drainage

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8058

253-0049

Apt/Condos

8073

QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

RENTALS

1 & 2 bedrooms

Call 1-866-690-3328

Cleaning

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

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8055

Cleaning

Body Work

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Proceeds to the Tapestry Foundation in support of residential & elder care at Mount St. Joseph, Holy Family, St. Vincent’s Langara, Brock Farhni, Youville Residence & Marion Hospice.

5005

8055

6508

OPEN TUES.-SAT. 10am-5pm SUNDAY 10am to 4pm

5035

HOME SERVICES

604-771-4772

8060

Concrete

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. We also do block, & stone work. Free ests. Call Basile 604-617-5813 Concrete Specialist. Driveways, sidewalks, exposed aggregate & patios. Santino 604.254.5551 CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726

6508

Apt/Condos

8060

Concrete

L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

8070

Doors

ALL GARAGE DOORS - install new door & opener, spring repair, door removal etc 604-719-1837

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

BACHELOR SUITES for rent.

Must be 60 or older, low income, must be independant.

604-562-1976

2 BR bsmt, 60TH & KNIGHT, n/s, n/p, Ref’s a must, suits quiet people, 1200 sf, avail Oct 15, $850 incl utils. 604-649-3525

BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR avail. Rates from $800. Call 604-327-9419.

2 BR bsmt ste, Nov 1st, $825 hydro incl’d, n/s, nr Langara, schools, grocery. 604-715-4706

BRAND NEW 2br, 1ba, Condo, 6 appl, u/g prkg, 1533 E 8th Ave. Now, $1550, refs, 604-240-5322

2 BR main flr, new reno, 800sf, nr Fraser & 47th, quiet area, $1250 + utils, laundry, n/s, n/p, Immed 604-727-1372 or 778-887-0393

VAN 2 BR, 2 ba Executive condo D/T. $2290. Call Quay Pacific Property Mgmt at 604-570-2786

2 BR, share yard, $950 incl utils & laundry, carpeted, 5 yr old home, 29 Ave skytrain, Near Kingsway, ns, np, avail now, 778-881-1674

6540

Houses - Rent

3 BR bsmt suite, 29th & Elgin, near bus & school $900 + 50% utils. ns np, avail Oct 15.

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Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness remain high. Start important projects, insist on your way, ask favours, and make personal appearances. Shop Sunday morning (especially for high-tech). This afternoon through Tuesday brings paperwork, communications, errands, casual acquaintances – busyness. Your home life, your security, and real estate, become important midweek. It’s a splendid time to institute your own schedules, priorities, to end some situations and lay the groundwork for the new. Romance visits Friday/ Saturday. Before 2011, new romance is not the “marrying kind.”

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Continue to take a restful, contemplative approach. Your energy levels are low.

Still, there’s a lot of important work to be done, so do it. Important because either a) you’re the only one who can do it; or b) it promises to “almost directly” advance your own goals. Someone might be “sweet” on you – be kind, but gently evasive. Chase money, buy/sell, Sunday eve to Tuesday. Communicate – but carefully – Wednesday/Thursday. Drive carefully, too.

Be alert, because events are faster now than you are.

Retreat to home ground for some deep, rejuvenating rest Friday/Saturday.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: The accent lies on wish fulfilment, popularity, entertainment, social delights and group efforts. Visualize your future, make optimistic plans. You might be experiencing a clandestine attraction – this has little beneficial impact, and could hinder future love, which would be a shame, as the first half of 2011 holds the promise of splendid romantic beginnings! (If you’re married, 2011 will bring creative and similar successes.) Sleep in Sunday morning. This p.m. (through Thursday) your energy soars – tackle big things, enjoy the attention!

Buy/sell midweek. Errands, Friday/Saturday.

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6615

Wanted To Rent

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Oct. 10 - Oct. 16 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Be ambitious. Think about future paths, possibilities Sunday morning.

Then spend this p.m. through Tuesday evening in rest, planning, research, preparation and dealings with “permission agencies” (government, institutions, “head office”). (Attend to health issues, also.) Charge forth Wednesday/Thursday – ask favours, ask to see important people, make presentations, initiate projects. You’ll succeed! Money’s the subject (and object) Friday/Saturday. All month, your hopes are tied up with love and work. A co-worker romance might be growing more serious. There’s no harm in this!

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: A sweet, mellow, easy week, with a focus on intellectual interests, far travel, education, publishing, culture and love. (These slow mildly to late 2012.) Perform a money chore Sunday morning. Your optimism and popularity surge this eve to Tuesday. Accept and issue invitations, envision the future and sign on for entertainment. A wish might come true (perhaps not a romantic one). Rest, retreat Wednesday/Thursday. Plan and contemplate, think about your shifting spiritual and charity beliefs. Your energy and charisma return strongly Friday/Saturday.

Romance is a definite maybe.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: The accent lies on mystery, depths, lust, big finances, subconscious urges, lifestyle changes, deep health factors, commitment and consequence. These deep currents are overlaid with a romantic, loving, and “intellectually beautiful” atmosphere. It could be the right time to say “Yes” to someone or something! (Though, frankly, there’s no rush – next week’s good also, as is most of the rest of 2010.) Be ambitious Sunday eve to Tuesday.

Wishes can come true Wednesday/Thursday, though it’s more likely you’ll simply experience optimism and quiet social joys. Retreat, rest Friday/Saturday. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

HOME SERVICES 8073

Drainage

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8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158

8130

Handyperson

Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

Tree Topping, Clean-Up, Planting, Trimming, Power Raking, Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside

8075

TOTAL LAWN CARE West Coast Cedar Installations Custom fencing, decking & more 604-244-8824, Cell: 604-788-6458

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Hardwood Floor Refinishing

Drywall

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall finishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

CITY LINK DRYWALL LTD WCB, liability insured. 20 yrs exp.

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FIJI ISLANDS

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25 years exp. Call 604-671-9901 VICTORIA DRYWALL LTD. 25 yrs exp. Reno’s & New Constr.

Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763 VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates

8080

Electrical

The current choice serving the Lower Mainland for more than 15 years.

All Kinds of Work and Reasonable Rates.

ALL FLOOR COVERINGS Repair & Replace. Material sales Dwight, 604-732-3057 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing.

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8120

Glass Mirrors

Store Fronts • Windows & Doors Broken Glass • Foggy Glass Patio Doors • Mirrors • Etc. 2837 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: 604-603-9655

8125

Gutters

Lic. 22308

A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only.

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COXWELL ELECTRIC Comm/Res, Install & upgrades, Maint. Lic #98075, 604-340-8700 ELECTRIC AVE Installations.

Electrian lic# 99207, Res/comm, www.electric-ave.ca 604-215-0562 LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934.

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

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Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Soffits All jobs Guaranteed.

Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417 EDGEMONT GUTTERS

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604-420-4800 Established 1963

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8130

Handyperson

• Lawn Maintenance • Chafer Beetle Treatment • Aeration • Fertilization & Weed Control • Hedge Trimming Fully Insured, Free Estimates

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Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certified Trained Pros.

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RJR Small Projects Division Part of RJR group

604-202-6118 EXP’D HANDYMAN offering all kinds of high quality affordable services. Call: 604-828-0899 HANDYMAN - framing, decks, tiles, hardwood, roof repair. Total additions & basements. Ken 778-773-6251 or 604-455-0740 Home/Business Improvements Reliable • Clean • Tidy. We love small jobs. Philip: 604-261-1700 SMALL JOBS WELCOME! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127

8140

Heating

Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters

8150

Kitchens/Baths

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing NO HST til end of Dec • In business 50 years

Commercial/Residential

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604-878-5232

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Quality Drywall Finishing. Textured Ceilings & Repair. Renov Specialist.

No job too small. 837-1785

Lawn & Garden

TRUSTED HOME IMPROVEMENTS

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-739-2000 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Call Tobias 604 782-4322

8160

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WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Fall Clean Up Chaffer Control & Lawn Restoration. Comm/Strata/Res Aerating & Power Raking.

Free Estimates.

604-893-5745 Gardening Services 21 yrs exp.

Tree topping, West & Eastside & Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881 GARY’S LAWN MAINTENANCE Lawn Cut, pruning, hedges, tree trimming, yard cleanup, weeding.

Free est. Gary or Toor 604-307-6375/930-2751 JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming.

Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126 T. TRAN-604-723-2468, Pruning, trimming, topping, gardening, leaf and fall cleanup. Reliable.

YARD CLEAN-UP, lawns cut & lawn aeration, hedge trim, rubbish removal, gutters. 604-773-0075 ZOEN GARDENS. Modern design, Prop. maintenace, fall cleanup, hedge trimming & more Free est. Mitch 604-836-2530

8175

Masonry

Cabana Masonry Ltd.

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

8155

Top Quality Masonry Work

Landscaping

GREATER VANCOUVER PAVING STONE GUYS Beat the Spring Rush!

Paving stone & retaining wall specialist 20+yrs exp. Fully insured ICPI installer Call for your free estimate

Kurt 778.233.5262 or Andrew 778.991.6535

Able Boys Landscaping Ltd. bobcat/lawn/cedar fence/paving stones, trim trees. 604-377-3107 HEDGE REMOVAL, stump grinding, excavator, concrete removal, etc Steve 604-724-3670 ONE CALL Landscapes it all www.sterlinglandscaping.ca Free estimates! 604-985-2545

8160

Lawn & Garden

HEDGE SHRUB TREE & STUMP REMOVAL FREE ESTIMATE INSURED

224-3669 Expert Pruning ISA

By Certified Arborist Ornamental & Fruit Trees, Shrubs & Hedges

ALL EXT REPAIRS/REPLACE Fencing, stairs, decks, porches, siding. Call 604-325-4674

Northwest Arboriculture

DUSTTIN’S HANDYMAN Service Reno’s Maintenance & Deficiency Repair. Exc Rates 604-873-5990

Chau Le Gardening Tree cutting & topping, yard cleanup, trimming, hedging, 604-782-5288

Colin Malcolm, Insured

604-618-9741

Fireplaces, Retaining Walls, Driveways, Patios, Staircases, Stone Facings, Bobcat Service, All Types of Masonry Repairs

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20 yrs exp on the N. Shore. No job to small.. Will 604-805-1582

8180

Home Services

BE COOL! COLD FEET? Talk to Someone You Trust.

CENTRAL AIR INSTALLED FURNACES CONDITIONING Sears also installs ROOFING, WINDOWS, WINDOW COVERINGS & CARPETING

Moving & Storage www.littlemove.com

8195

SPECIALIZING IN LITTLE MOVES AND DELIVERIES

ARBUTUS PAINTING

CENTRAL DECKING Co. • Build-rebuild decks, deck repair • Specialize in seamless polyurethane

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LUCKY METAL WORKS Fence & Gates Stainless Steel Door Window & Door Replacement Patio Covers & Sunrooms Andy: 604-719-8689 #158-11782 River Rd., RMD

8200

Decks/Patios/ Railings

8185

membrane deck coatings

• Sundecks-balconies-patios & rooftop decks • Waterproofing

DECKS & FENCES, gates, front steps etc. John 778-998-5591 tarasoffconstruction.com

8205

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

FREE ESTIMATES

ALL KINDS: Concrete, Ashpalt, Paving Stones, Retaining Walls.

Drainage, Reno’s. 604-618-0858

8220

Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

AJK MOVING LTD.

Moving. Storage. Deliveries Local & Long Distance MOVERS.... Residential.

Commercial. Industrial.

Truck for Clean-ups garage, basement, backyard.

(604) 875-9072 873-5292

B&Y MOVING Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~ • Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

604-708-8850

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AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement.

Call 604-782-9511 EXPERIENCED & RELIABLE MOVERS 5 Ton Truck & 2 Men $55/hr. Apts, Houses, Offices We do it all! 24/7. 604-346-2416 MOVERS FROM $25 per hour.

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POPEYE’S MOVING Scott 604-377-2503

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TWO BROTHERS MOVING & Delivery. Local & Long Distance; Best Rate! Joseph 604-720-0931 TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

8193

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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FAIRWAY PAINTING

Fully Insured 20 years experience Call 604Free Estimates INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS

7291234

Serving West Side since 1987

BBM

Renovations Big or Small.

Water Lines without Digging Broken Water Mains & Sewer Mains. Hot Water Tanks, Plugged Drains, Toilets, Tubs, Leaky Faucets & Broken Pipes, Irrigation Sprinkler Systems.

24 / 7 Emergency Service Fully Licenced & WCB.

604-729-3864

■ 20 years Experience ■ Powerwashing ■ Drywall Repair ■ Free Estimates Call Claude 604-721-0547

Marty’s

• • • •

Licensed, Insured & Bonded Lic. Plumbers & Gas Fitters Over 20 years Experience Custom Renovations to Small Repairs

Painting & Decorating Ltd.

604-312-6311

Colour Consulting Included Free Estimate 604-733-2865

Drainage & Plumbing Inc.

NO JOB TOO SMALL Quality work est. 1973

PRIMO PAINTING Interior & Exterior

* EXCELLENT PRICES * Free Est./Written Guarantee

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Toyota finally brings youth-oriented brand to Canada davidchao The Scions are finally here in Canada!

The Scion lineup currently consists of three vehicles (all under $21,000) and there’s another one on the way. They will be offered mainly (via the separate showroomwithin-a-showroom idea) though 45 existing Toyota dealerships. In addition, there will be dedicated “boutique” downtown stores in major cities—one in Vancouver.

Scion is a youth-oriented brand that attempts to capture the “GenY” buyer and promises to do it with a very different marketing and buying experience. That’s because the kids of the boomer generation have grown up with mobile phones, anytime Internet access and interaction with friends though social networking sites.

The Scions are already a common sight south of the border, where they have been on the market since 2004, and you may have spotted a number of them that have strayed north of the 49th.

“It’s not just the car, it’s also the way you interact with a whole new group of consumers, in way that they want to introduce brands and products into their lives,” according to Stephen Beatty, managing director, Toyota Canada. “These buyers have more control over when, where and how they shop. It’s all about access and choice.”

Scion vehicles come with a high level of standard features. Air conditioning, power windows/ locks/ mirrors, an audio system with MP3/iPod outlets, sport seats and a full package of safety equipment are all included in the base vehicle.

The colour and whether you want a manual or

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Moving on from the base vehicle starting point, purchasers then have the freedom to fully customize their ride from line of more than 75 parts and accessories, including a full line of Toyota Racing Development (TRD) performance gear. It’s a mix of both dealer and factory installed equipment.

The Tc Sports Coupe is the sporty leader in the Scion line and was the recipient of an extensive redesign for the 2011 model year. It comes with a “tunable” 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine, a six-speed manual or automatic transmission and its price is $20,850.

While nothing like the boxy shape that people associate with Scion, its design does incorporate the high belt line and the “chopped” short window glass styling traits of its Scion compatriots. It’s also a hatchback with fold-down rear seats that adds to its functionality and the Tc comes with additional knee airbags for both the driver and front passenger.

Scion calls the xB a “compact urban utility vehicle”. The tallest Scion is a classic two-box design and it offers the most interior and cargo space of the trio. You also sit taller in an xB and there’s lots of room for cargo and passengers. Under its hood is a 2.4-litre engine and it’s mated to a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission.

The xB starts at just $18,270, that price includes projector style lowbeam headlights, and a centre-dash positioned instrument panel, on the inside. It also comes with a tilt and telescopic steering wheel with audio controls.

The base audio system in all Scions is by Pioneer and upgrade option is an Alpine system.

Scion xD is a smaller, lighter yet versatile fivedoor hatchback with a more fuel-efficient 1.8litre engine that’s also mated to a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. A start price of just $17,200 makes it the lowest priced Scion that you can cur-

Already popular with the kids south of the border, Toyota’s Scion is a youth-oriented brand that attempts to capture the “GenY” buyer and promises to do it with a very different marketing and buying experience. rently buy.

The xD comes with versatile rear seating system. In addition to being split 60/40 and folding flat, they also have clever slide and recline features.

Unique storage features in xD include both an upper and lower glovebox, plus a pop-out cup holder on the right side of the dash.

Later this year an even smaller Scion, called the iQ is expected. The only information we have right now is that it’s a subcompact three-door hatchback with seating for four.

Toyota Canada believes that the timing is now right for Scion in Canada, due to an ongoing change in consumer demographics.

Scion Quick Specs:

Price/Power (hp) Fuel Economy (man) Scion tC: $20,850/180 9.2/6.4 L/100 km (city/ highway) Scion xB: $18,250/158 9.5/7.2 L/100 km (city/ highway) Scion xD: $17,200/128 7.4/5.9 L/100 km (city/ highway) Basic Warranty: three years/60,000 km Powertrain Warranty: five years/100,000 km Rust Warranty: five years/unlimited km.

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